After a storm comes a calm.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
It's always too early to quit.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
I can, therefore I am.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.