If you think you can do it, you can.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
It's always too early to quit.
You never know what motivates you.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Well done is better than well said.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.