If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Who seeks shall find.
Know or listen to those who know.
It's always too early to quit.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Never complain and never explain.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.