It is not with a rush and a spring that we are to reach Christ's character, and attain to perfect saintship; but step by step, foot by foot, hand over hand, we are slowly and often painfully to mount the ladder that rests on earth, and rises to heaven.
Interpretation
Achieving a virtuous character requires patience and perseverance.
This quote emphasizes the gradual and often challenging process of spiritual growth and moral development. Rather than expecting instantaneous transformation, it suggests that we must patiently climb step by step, acknowledging that true change requires time, effort, and often struggle as we aspire towards higher ideals.
In practice
When discussing personal development in a seminar.
If you find yourself loving any pleasure more than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any house better than the house of the Lord, any table better than the Lord's table, any persons better than Christ, or any indulgence better than the hope of heaven – be alarmed.
If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent, maritime passage must be preserved for all nations
The more things I threw away, the more I found.
Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies.
Make me an instrument of thy peace.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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