If you've got a talent, protect it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
You never know what motivates you.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
I can, therefore I am.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
After a storm comes a calm.
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.