Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Who seeks shall find.
I can, therefore I am.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Only the educated are free.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.