If you're going through hell, keep going.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Well done is better than well said.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
I think one of the downsides of the sort of obsession with romantic love and personal fulfillment is that the plain fact of the matter is that those feelings don't last for ever and so they better be replaced and reinforced by things that do.