Those who help a child help humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again.
Phillips BrooksNo one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.
Phillips BrooksThe essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.
Phillips BrooksTo say 'well done'to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
Phillips Brooks