Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Well done is better than well said.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Never complain and never explain.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.