If you've got a talent, protect it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.