The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
A good deal is a state of mind.
Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.
Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.
Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.