Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Who seeks shall find.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.