Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Well done is better than well said.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
I can, therefore I am.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true.