The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Know or listen to those who know.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
It's always too early to quit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Only the educated are free.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.