Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
After a storm comes a calm.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Never complain and never explain.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California.