Know or listen to those who know.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never complain and never explain.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
It's always too early to quit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.