To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Well done is better than well said.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
After a storm comes a calm.
Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.