Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
You never know what motivates you.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Who seeks shall find.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Know or listen to those who know.
I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.