Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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.