Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
You never know what motivates you.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Well done is better than well said.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
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.