All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all our daily life. May we set such a sacredness upon every part of our life, that nothing shall be trivial, nothing unimportant, and nothing dull, in the daily round.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others are plain, honest and upright, like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

Education will not come of itself; it will never come unless you seek it; it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it; but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.