You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.
I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.
If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.
If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.
Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.