You never know what motivates you.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Who seeks shall find.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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.