Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
You never know what motivates you.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.