Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Who seeks shall find.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
I can, therefore I am.
Only the educated are free.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!
It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.