The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
I can, therefore I am.
You never know what motivates you.
Never complain and never explain.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.