To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Never complain and never explain.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
You never know what motivates you.
Who seeks shall find.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.