Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Only the educated are free.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Well done is better than well said.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
As the daughter of a schoolteacher, I feel very strongly that the most important thing in school takes place right there in that classroom, and the interaction between the teacher and the child.