Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Know or listen to those who know.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life - in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century.