The dog that trots about finds a bone.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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.