The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
You never know what motivates you.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Who seeks shall find.
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.