"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."
— Stephen Grellet

January 1, 1970

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I expect to pass through this life but once. If there is any kindness to show or any good thing I can do to my fellow-beings, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it. I will not pass this way but once. — Attributed to "a lady who recently lost her life in a benevolent enterprise" in The Christian Life, Vol. 5, no. 213, June 12, 1880, page 282. Also attributed to Anna Hegeman in the Christian Union (New Outlook), Vol XXI, no. 18, page 412, May 5, 1880.