The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Who seeks shall find.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues.