Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
After a storm comes a calm.
It's always too early to quit.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is.