Leap, and the net will appear.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
You never know what motivates you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
After a storm comes a calm.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
It's always too early to quit.
I can, therefore I am.
Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female.