Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
After a storm comes a calm.
It's always too early to quit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.