Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.

Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries.

A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion.

Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.

Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.