Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Who seeks shall find.
After a storm comes a calm.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended.