A person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions.

Synonym of between you and me

The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.

The image corresponds to the reality. / (idiomatic, computing) The screen image resembles the printed output.

Alternative spelling of what you see is what you get / (computing) Maintaining close correspondence between screen image and printed image.

For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.

Alternative form of if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

Everybody experiences some successes and some failures.

There is a positive correlation between the effort one puts in and the benefits one receives.

(informal) Used as a farewell, when the next time the speaker and interlocutor will meet is not known.