Here are ten aphorisms (short, concise statements of wisdom) for you:
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein
"The only journey is the one within." - Rainer Maria Rilke
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." - Dalai Lama
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela