People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.

Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.

Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer

To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small...

Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in "fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will" but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to the same end and that end, not self but God. That is what we call character.