If you've got a talent, protect it.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
It's always too early to quit.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.