The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
It's always too early to quit.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature.