"Character is like a tree..."

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." Abraham Lincoln

"How vain is it..."

"How vain is it to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live" Henry David Thoreau

"Whether you think you can..."

"Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford

"Dear children,..."

"Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
1 John 3:18

"The secret of getting ahead..."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." Mark Twain

"In the long run..."

"In the long run, we only hit what we aim at." Henry David Thoreau (adapted)

"Who does too much..."

"Who does too much often does little."

"Great things are not done..."

"Great things are not done by impulse." Vincent Van Gogh

"Always dream..."

"What would you do..."