Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
After a storm comes a calm.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
You never know what motivates you.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Only the educated are free.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
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.