Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
I can, therefore I am.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher.