Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of living for the day only, and for the day's work.

Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential.

Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. Each lapse is like the letting fall of a ball of string which one is carefully winding up; a single slip undoes more than a great many turns will wind again.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.