By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Well done is better than well said.
It's always too early to quit.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.