To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
It's always too early to quit.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.