Wherever you are - be all there.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you think you can do it, you can.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.