Either you run the day or the day runs you.
After a storm comes a calm.
I can, therefore I am.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Only the educated are free.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Always desire to learn something useful.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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.