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

How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are, and your reputetion is who people think you re.

It's always about focusing not on the mistakes but on the lessons learned from them.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

Don't think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?