The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
You never know what motivates you.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
It's always too early to quit.
As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats I am only surprised that all do not.