Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Never complain and never explain.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Wherever you are - be all there.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Well done is better than well said.
You never know what motivates you.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Only the educated are free.
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.