The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
You never know what motivates you.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.