Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Who seeks shall find.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.