Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.
Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.