Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unselfishness. My talents may not be great, but I can use them to bless the lives of others.... The goodness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

. . . as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.

Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.

I would like to suggest to you that you 'grab life by the horns' and do not let life grab you by the horns. You take control of your lives. Do not let life control you. Take charge. Rise to the divinity that is within you.

As you work with your associates to help them with their faith, you will save them and also yourselves.