Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
After a storm comes a calm.
Who seeks shall find.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you think you can do it, you can.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.