Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
It's always too early to quit.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Well done is better than well said.
After a storm comes a calm.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.
Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.