Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
You never know what motivates you.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Well done is better than well said.
Never complain and never explain.
It's always too early to quit.
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.