The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Well done is better than well said.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.