The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Never complain and never explain.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.