If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Well done is better than well said.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
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.