After a storm comes a calm.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
It's always too early to quit.
Well done is better than well said.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Wherever you are - be all there.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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.