Always desire to learn something useful.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Who seeks shall find.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you think you can do it, you can.
As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.