Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Well done is better than well said.
You never know what motivates you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes.