After a storm comes a calm.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Only the educated are free.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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.