The coal miner reflected on the quote, The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Amid coughs caused by his black lung disease, and he hasn’t felt lucky yet.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Words from a man made redundant for the third time and said with sarcasm.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Certainly not the chap removing a Banksy with his drill bit.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,
But not if you are taking a flight and you happen to be Johnny Depp.

If honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom,
Then Peter Mandelson must be as thick as two short planks, and some.

They say the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Tell that to those who commission public enquiries, with their perpetual reviewing.

If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done,
Said infamy-hunting Mark Chapman when he murdered John Lennon with a gun.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.
And care not about work-life balance and stress, you dimwit.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today,
Which is hard if you are flying across time zones without delay.

It is never too late to be what you might have been,
But not if you are a disillusioned misery-guts who just wished to be keen.