You never know what motivates you.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
After a storm comes a calm.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Never complain and never explain.
Only the educated are free.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.