Begin, and you are halfway there.

Don't dodge difficulties; meet them, greet them, beat them. All great men have been through the wringer.

If you have no goals you will be bored: you will be unhappy because you are empty.

The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion.

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

Learn to eat problems for breakfast

Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail on water all around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.