The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Well done is better than well said.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Never complain and never explain.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Know or listen to those who know.
Only the educated are free.
Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things.