The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.