Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Know or listen to those who know.
Always desire to learn something useful.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
After a storm comes a calm.
I can, therefore I am.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.