To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Never complain and never explain.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.