Know or listen to those who know.

Well done is better than well said.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.