Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
After a storm comes a calm.
You never know what motivates you.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.