I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a signature of no importance, but the decisive factor. The fact that the name of Jesus comes at the beginning does not make it a prayer in the name of Jesus; but this means to pray in such a manner that I dare name Jesus in it, that is to say, dare to think of Him, think His holy will together with whatever I am praying for.

There is a fine line between dreams and reality, it's up to you to draw it.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.

People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves.

If evolution was true, mothers would have more than two hands.

Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone, But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women carry on.

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.

They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.

Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.

Yet who shall shut out Fate?

Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word; Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear.

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you can't change it, accept it.

Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one.

Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge, while some others only gargle.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.

In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality?

This apoplexy, as I take it, is a kind of lethargy, an't please your lordship, a kind of sleeping in the blood, a whoreson tingling.

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith. The beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.