To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Only the educated are free.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.