To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Know or listen to those who know.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.