Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Know or listen to those who know.
My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.