Wherever you are - be all there.
It's always too early to quit.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Leap, and the net will appear.
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.