Be a good loser, but don't make it a habit. 

Be sure of your facts or be prepared for disappointment. 

Be yourself.  If that doesn't satisfy you, improve yourself. 

Before one can become an accomplished skier, one usually has to ski for hours on end. 

Before you can score you must first have a goal.

Behavior is a mirror in which everyone shows his or her image. 

Best place for the knocker is right outside the door.

Better a little with honor than much with shame.

Easy things become difficult when you do them with reluctance. 

Energy and persistence conquer many things. 

Even the richest soil, if uncultivated, produces only weeds. 

Even though you are on the right track, don't stop to rest--you might get run over.

Every day is Judgment Day.  Use a lot of it. 

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. 

Excuses are often the confession of failure.

Facts are stubborn things, but properly used, they will work hard for you.

Failure follows the man whose wishbone is where his backbone should be.

Failure is not falling down; it is remaining there when you have fallen.

 Failure is the line of least persistence. 

Few doors are open to him who knocks all of the time.

Few doors to success are marked, "Pull," but most of them say, "Push."

Fighting work is not the way to prove you're not afraid of it. 

Fortune makes friends; misfortune tries them. 

Frustration is not having anyone to blame but yourself. 

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Genius is seldom recognized for what it is, a great capacity for hard work. 

God gives the nuts, but He does not crack them. 

Good and bad luck are often mistaken for good and bad judgment. 

Great minds discuss ideas.  Good minds discuss events.  Small minds discuss people.

Grin and bear it if you must--but work and change it if you can.

Habits are at first silk threads, then cables.