So, Mr. Trabb measured and calculated me in the parlor, as if I were an estate and he the finest species of surveyor, and gave himself such a world of trouble that I felt that no suit of clothes could possibly remunerate him for his pains.

It made my heart ache to think of this miserable trifling, in the streets of a city where every stone seemed to call to me, as I walked along, 'Turn this way, man, and see what waits to be done!' So I decoyed myself into another train of thought to ease my heart.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

It is while you are patiently toiling at little tasks that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn upon you.

Nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task…

Real spiritual growth comes only through discipline and perseverance. In other words, it comes through sticking with it. One of the traps for all of us, however, is substituting activity for genuine fellowship with God.

A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.