“The worst evils of life are those which do not exist except in our imagination.”
“You say, 'On the off chance that I had somewhat more, I ought to be exceptionally fulfilled.' You commit an error. On the off chance that you are not content with what you have, you would not be fulfilled in the event that it were multiplied.”
“Suffering saints are living seed.”
“Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.”
“We are all damaged goods in recovery.”
“There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.”
“You may alter an opinion, but you cannot alter a # fact .”
“No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.”
“Sickness has frequently been of more use to the saints of God than health has.”
“Knowing that the time to sleep has come, the Lord sleeps, and does well in sleeping. Often, when we have been fretting and worrying, we should have glorified God far more had we literally gone to sleep.”
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
“Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant.”
“I am certain that the safest way to defend your character is never to say a word about it.”
“A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.”
“It is not well to make great changes in old age.”
“Neither when we have chosen our way can we keep company with those who go the other way. There must come with the decision for truth a corresponding protest against error.”
“If God calls you to be a minister, don't stoop to becoming a king.”
“Darkness is the fit hour for beasts of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling place of cruelty.”
“The Master knows better than to exhaust His servants and quench the light of Israel. Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.”
“Trust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.”
“I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.”
“Trials teach us what we are.”
“When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing to live for in this world, and we are driven, by hope of the world to come, to exhibit zeal, self-denial, and industry.”
“He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard.”
“The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.”
