The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Who seeks shall find.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
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.