Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities; they will never come.
The great thing, and the hard thing, is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.
You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.
There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.
