If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?

A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.