The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Who seeks shall find.
It's always too early to quit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.