Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.