Never give anyone a hammer to beat you over the head with.

You have to be willing to do things others won't do in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have.

Nobody can ride your back unless it's bent.

Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you in the same way.

Many people spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find out when they arrive at the top of the ladder, it's leaning against the wrong building......not really words to live by...but the moral of the story could be words to live by....it's up to you to decide what the moral is.