Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
You never know what motivates you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Well done is better than well said.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.