If you're going through hell, keep going.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Leap, and the net will appear.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.