If you've got a talent, protect it.
You never know what motivates you.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Well done is better than well said.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.