I don’t think it is possible to over-rate the hardness of the first close struggle with any natural passion, but indeed the easiness of later steps is often quite beyond one’s expectations.
We shall one day forget all about duty, and do everything from the love of the loveliness of it, the satisfaction of the rightness of it.
…..our virtues are habits as much as our vices. …..
If you once allow yourself to fall into a habit of evil of whatever kind, the idea that you are helpless, that you are made so, that it is your nature, will very speedily creep in and try to lay hold of your mind.
Strength of character lies not in demanding special circumstances, but in mastering and using any that may be given.
Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunity for good deeds is renewed for you day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.
…..be called a laggard, make less money, accomplish less work than they, but be what you were meant to be and can be.
Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with your might. Put your whole soul into it.
Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.
The noblest service comes from nameless hands,
And the best servant does his work unseen.
