There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.

A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long in disappointment and bitterness at the closed door that we do not expectantly look for and therefore see with pleasure and gratitude the one which has been opened for us.

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.