Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.