Wherever you are - be all there.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
After a storm comes a calm.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you think you can do it, you can.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Always desire to learn something useful.
It's always too early to quit.
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.