Life, Indian Proverb

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.

- Indian Proverb

Advice, Satchel Paige

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

- Satchel Paige (1906-1982)

Book, Rachel Weisz as Evie from The Mummy (1999)

Evie: I think this may be the Book of the Dead.
Rick: The Book of the Dead? Are you sure you wanna be messing around with this thing?
Evie: It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.

(wind blows eerily, as it has several times during tense conversations)

Rick: ... That happens a lot around here.

- Rachel Weisz as Evelyn "Evie" Carnahan O'Connell from The Mummy (1999)

Study, Xun Zi (荀子)

不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。

- 荀子 儒效

Simplified: 不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之；学至于行之而止矣
Transliteration (pinyin): Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī, zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ.

Not hearing is not as good as hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as mentally knowing, mentally knowing is not as good as acting; true learning continues up to the point that action comes forth.

- Xun Zi (荀子 8.儒效 23)

Transliteration (pinyin): Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī, zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ.
Common: I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.
Moral: You can only understand something by trying it yourself.
Revised: Tell me and I [will] forget. Show me and I [will] remember. Involve me and I [will] understand.

Also: You can't understand until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinese_proverbs

Advice, Mark, New Testament, Bible

Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you. To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

- Gospel of Mark 4,24-25

http://www.usccb.org/bible/mark/4

Endeavor, Western Proverb

He that will thrive, must rise at five.

- Western Proverb

Advice, Walt Stack

Start slow and taper off.

- Walt Stack, marathon runner