Let each person proceed according to our given ability and continue the journey we have begun. There is no one so unhappy who will not make some progress, however small. Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair because of the smallness of our accomplishment. Though we fall short, our labor is not lost if this day surpasses the preceeding one.

From Calvin's "Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life"