By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Well done is better than well said.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Leap, and the net will appear.
You never know what motivates you.
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.