The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

W.M. Lewis

As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.

Antisthenes

If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.

English Proverb

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but to be better than your previous self.

Hindu Proverb

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Gabriel Meurier