Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Well done is better than well said.
You never know what motivates you.
Know or listen to those who know.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.