The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Who seeks shall find.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
I can, therefore I am.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.