The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.