Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.