Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Well done is better than well said.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Who seeks shall find.
I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover local politics, sports, culture, and crime and write it up on deadline.