"Hope itself is like a star- not..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon

“If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king.”

“The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a little. The way to do nothing at all is to be continually resolving that you will do everything.”

“Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded.”

“Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are manmade; therefore they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as be wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

“I cannot speakIn happy tones; the tear drops on my cheekShow I am sad;But I can speakOf grace to suffer with submission meek,Until made glad.”

“Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.”

“It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.”

“To be cast down is often the best thing that can happen to us.”

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”