The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you think you can do it, you can.
You never know what motivates you.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry.