Know or listen to those who know.
It's always too early to quit.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Never complain and never explain.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Leap, and the net will appear.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.