Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
I can, therefore I am.
It's always too early to quit.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Well done is better than well said.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Know or listen to those who know.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
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.