Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot but make it hot by striking.

Sprague

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.

JG Holland

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that’s your own self.

Aldous Huxley

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Emile Zola

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Author Unknown

A man must make his opportunity; as oft as find it

Francis Bacon