“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.”
“It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.”
Source: Confessions of a Young Man http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12278/12278-h/12278-h.htm (1886), Ch. 6.
“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you can’t stop
yourself from dreaming.”
Source: It's Not Summer Without You
Reverence for Life (1969)
Context: I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.
“It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.”
