To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Only the educated are free.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
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.