My state of mind through the words of others

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart

~ E.E Cummings (1894-1962)

If you are going through hell, keep going

~ Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we must do what is required

~ Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to stay in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

~ Lewis Carroll

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it)

~ Lewis Carroll

Our attention span is shot. We've all got Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD or OCD or one of these disorders with three letters because we don't have the time or patience to pronounce the entire disorder. That should be a disorder right there, TBD - too busy disorder.

~ Ellen DeGeneres

Write drunk; edit sober

~ Hemingway

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut

~ Albert Einstein

Without haste, but without rest

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.

~ Zane Grey

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today

~ Mikhail Gorbachev

Develop a built-in bullshit detector

~ Ernest Hemingway

No person has the right to rain on your dreams

~ Marian Edelman

Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure

~ Calvin and Hobbes

Oh, and to finish this off:

Welcome to Grad School everyone! :p