Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Who seeks shall find.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
I can, therefore I am.
Know or listen to those who know.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true.