Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
You never know what motivates you.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings.