To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
After a storm comes a calm.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Well done is better than well said.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Only the educated are free.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.