Let the scriptures refresh you.

The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

If the Church were not true, our enemies would be bored rather than threatened, and acquiescent rather than anxious. Hell is moved only when things move heavenward.

Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping.

I am as I am, And so is a stone; Them that don't like me, Must leave me alone.

Unproductive worry - like Parkinson's proverbial law - tends to expand to fill the time available.

If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole platton of helpers, and how often our speaking forth soon creates a chorus - we would be even more ashamed of our slackess and our silence.