After a storm comes a calm.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Only the educated are free.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Know or listen to those who know.
It's always too early to quit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it.