The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens.
There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's reputation on week-days.
I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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