Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

You have to work hard, and you have to enjoy what you're doing. If you don't enjoy it, no matter how hard you seem to work, you're not going to be working as hard as you can because you're not enjoying it.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.

If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.