It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.

There are no times in life when opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about the soul as when it has to suffer. Then everything depends on whether the man turns to the lower or the higher helps. If he resorts to mere expedients and tricks the opportunity is lost. He comes out harder, poorer, smaller for his pain. But, if he turns to God, the hour of suffering is the turning hour of his life.

No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.