Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Well done is better than well said.
Never complain and never explain.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.