To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
You never know what motivates you.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
It's always too early to quit.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?