The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
I can, therefore I am.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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.