The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
I can, therefore I am.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.