Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Who seeks shall find.
Know or listen to those who know.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
I can, therefore I am.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
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.