Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, waiting nothing. James 1:3,4

Pick your friends but not to pieces.

A man that heareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and sword, and a sharp arrow. Proverbs 25:18

learn from other's mistakes rather than making them all yourself.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. Proverbs 12:15

A shut mouth gathers no foot.

He that keepeth his mouth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Proverbs 13:3

Your words are windows to your heart.

....For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. matthew 12:34b

The best way to be successful is to fellow the advice you give otheres.

He who ignores discipline himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Proverbs 15:32

You can not win if you do not begin.

Now therefore perform the doingof it; it that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
2 Corinthians 8:11

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsover a man, that shall he also reap. Galatians 6:7

In order to receive the direction from God you must be able to receive the correction from God.

My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Hebrews 12:5b,6

The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift not a right.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 1 Timothy 6:6,7