To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Never complain and never explain.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
I can, therefore I am.
Well done is better than well said.
Who seeks shall find.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education.
My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.