Well done is better than well said.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Never complain and never explain.
The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.