If you want to see a shooting star, you might have to spend a lot of nights looking up.
A tiny hole can empty a great big bucket.
Flowers and pricker bushes grow out of the same dust.
If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.
Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer.
One thing you can't pretend to be is funny.
You can either keep peddling, get off the bike or fall over.
Crawling still gets you there.
It's more fun to color outside the lines.
Shortcuts aren't always.
It's not enough to be able to spell "magnificence" in your bedroom. You have to be able to spell it at the microphone during the spelling bee.
It feels a lot colder when you're shoveling snow than when you're building a snow fort.
Whiners usually play alone.
Hitting the kid with the ball might get you the ball, but it won't get you anyone to throw it to.
Look at the footprints you've made.
Don't say "The last one there is a rotten egg": unless you're absolutely sure there's a slow kid behind you.
The path you're on looks different when you turn around.
Before you trade sandwiches, check between the bread.
If you keep missing, get closer to the basket.
Even babies like to grab for things just beyond their reach.