Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Never complain and never explain.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.