Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.