As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did not love God. I insisted, almost tearfully, that I did; but I was told that if I did truly love Him I should always be good. I knew I was not that, and the feeling of sudden orphanage came over me like a bewildering cloud.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

I know when you do things systematically, non-stop, and repetition, that's how you make things happen in your life. It's the same thing in faith.