Look wide, beyond your immediate surroundings and limits, and you see things in their right proportion. Look above the level of things around you and see a higher aim and possibility to your work.

Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.

In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: "What would Christ have done?" Then do it-as nearly as you can.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.

To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.