By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Only the educated are free.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.