An essential virtue is humility. ... The principle of humility and prayer leads one to feel a need of divine guidance. Self-reliance is a virtue, but with it should go a consciousness of the need of superior help-a consciousness that as you walk firmly in the pathway of duty, there is a possibility of your making a misstep; and with that consciousness is a prayer, a pleading that God will inspire you to avoid that false step

Trust is greater than love.

Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.

Be thankful that sometimes God lets you struggle for a long time before that answer comes. Your character will grow; your faith will increase. There is a relationship between these two: the greater your faith, the stronger your character, and increased character enhances your ability to exercise even greater faith.

Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.

If we would change the world, we must first change people's thoughts.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.