To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
You never know what motivates you.
It's always too early to quit.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you think you can do it, you can.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.