Two rules to live by.

#1) Nothing Comes from Nothing. Push yourself.

If you don't exercise, you don't get fit. If you don't study, you don't pass. Without pushing oneself, nothing will occur. This piece of wisdom can be seen in almost everything in life. Great buildings require hard work and perseverence to make, and-god forbid, the wars required a lot of personal courage to win for millions of people. If we as a society do not push ourselves we do not amount to anything.

#2) Help others in need.

This one has been repeated by almost every religious leader in the world in some form or other. Those in need may include the homeless, the disabled, the sick, the poor, the outcast. Go into your local community and provide help to everyone that needs it, irrellivent of who they are or "whether they deserve it".