The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
It's always too early to quit.
Who seeks shall find.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.