If you think you can do it, you can.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
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.