Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Well done is better than well said.
Never complain and never explain.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.