Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.