Who seeks shall find.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Well done is better than well said.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.