The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you think you can do it, you can.
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.