The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Who seeks shall find.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.