To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Never complain and never explain.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
You never know what motivates you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
What I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life.