Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Well done is better than well said.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.