The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
It's always too early to quit.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.