The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
I can, therefore I am.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.