Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Never complain and never explain.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Well done is better than well said.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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.