I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Happiness is like the mountain summit. It is sometimes hidden by clouds, but we know it is there.
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.
Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
When we complain of having to do the same thing over and over, let us remember that God does not send new trees, strange flowers and different grasses every year. When the spring winds blow, they blow in the same way. In the same places the same dear blossoms lift up the same sweet faces, yet they never weary us. When it rains, it rains as it always has. Even so would the same tasks which fill our daily lives put on new meanings if we wrought them in the spirit of renewal from within--a spirit of growth and beauty.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.
The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
We betray ourselves into smallness when we think the little choices of each day are trivial.
The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.
The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.
I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
A smile goes a long way, but you must first start it on its journey.
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