Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain (as long as it was done out of love, not personal glory)

He who, with strong passions, remains chaste--he who, keenly sensitive, with manly power of indignation in him, can yet restrain himself and forgive--these are strong men, spiritual heroes.

Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will." Let him force himself to abound in all small offices of kindliness, attention, affectionateness, and all these for God's sake. By and by he will feel them become the habit of his soul.

The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.