Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Know or listen to those who know.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Well done is better than well said.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.