Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Who seeks shall find.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.