Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.

Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.