Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Never complain and never explain.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.