Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Only the educated are free.
When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.