Personal greatness is not determined by the size of the job, but by the size of the effort one puts into the job. This applies to everyone on the team.

Each day my mother demonstrated great patience and the ability and eagerness to work very hard without complaint

Some of those under your supervision will catch on quickly, others not. Understanding that patience is an integral part of good teaching and effective leadership allowed me to accept the varying speeds at which people learn and to accommodate, within reason, those differences. Patience became an asset for me rather than a liability. I came to understand that good things take time.

You never stop trying.

principle, per-sis tence, and compassion—three

Patience is the ability to wait and calmly preserve. We all grow impatient, but some people have more trouble waiting than others do. We tend to forget that all good things take time.

The smallest good dead is better than the best intention

Try your hardest in all ways and you are a success.

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.

You can't sail straight into the wind, and if you only know how to sail with the wind at your back, you will only go where the wind blows you. But if you know how to use the wind's energy and are patient, you can sometimes get where you want to go. You can still be in control

Perhaps most of all, you need to give to yourself first for a while. Then you might try giving others a tiny bit more than you think you can, consciously noting and letting go of any ideas of getting anything in return.

My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.