"Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be bril…"

"Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away; This is no time for thee to sleep, Up, watch and work and p…"

"Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it…"

"There is no substitute for thorough-going, ardent, and sincere earnestness."

"A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give…"

"He who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his …"

"Child of earth and earthly sorrows—child of God and immortal hopes—arise from thy sadness, gird up the loins of thy m…"

"This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the w…"

"My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee."

"Meeting you like this after so many years, I felt as if my heart had returned with me."