The lives of men who have been always growing are strewed along their whole course with the things they have learned to do without.

When you discover you've been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it.

Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.