Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
You never know what motivates you.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
After a storm comes a calm.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Only the educated are free.
Well done is better than well said.
It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible.