It is the years between death and birth that prove your worth.
Be careful what you say; someone may make it into a scroll.
Diligences turns good ideas into good fortune.
Gardens that flourish are not tended by those sitting in the shade.
It is practice that makes the piano fluent and a speech like the “Sound of Music“.
Inspirations are for the waiting; success comes first to those hard at work.
In order to be a painted one must work; in order to be an artist one must live.
Whatever I hope to do, will require diligence.
Effort is active diligence.
Never begin what can only end in tragedy for you or a friend.