Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son.