By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Who seeks shall find.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
I can, therefore I am.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
After a storm comes a calm.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.