Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him.

The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."

The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.