Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
I can, therefore I am.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
After a storm comes a calm.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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.