Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Well done is better than well said.
If you think you can do it, you can.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Know or listen to those who know.
Who seeks shall find.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
I can, therefore I am.
Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?