Who seeks shall find.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Never complain and never explain.
And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.