To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Know or listen to those who know.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Well done is better than well said.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
After a storm comes a calm.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.