There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.
We must never try to escape the obligation of living at our best.
It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.
it is in middle age that the interest of a life attains its highest point.
This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.