The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Never complain and never explain.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
You never know what motivates you.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Who seeks shall find.
Know or listen to those who know.
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.