A society that lacks good people willing to speak against evil or low standards can only devolve into darkness and mediocrity.

Let us remember that humanity’s story has only two perennially recurring themes: struggle and progress. We mustn’t wish the end of the former, as the latter would be buried alongside it. And so let us be clear that the small, complaining, undisciplined part of ourselves — the distracted character wanting nothing but convenience and ease — is unfit to be the ruler of our new destiny.

Your ultimate life experience and legacy is being built moment by moment, day by day. Your story is being crafted by your every action, all leading somewhere, all leading to what one hopes will be a magnificent crescendo.