Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
I can, therefore I am.
It's always too early to quit.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.