Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
You never know what motivates you.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Who seeks shall find.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.