To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.