A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned heavenward.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

No shortcut to wisdom.No tollways to be wise.

Have you forgotten what it feels like to be alive? The grace of life shining on you

Seen on a night in November How frail Above the bulk Of crashing water hangs, Autumn, evanescent, wan, The moon.

Active management is a zero-sum game before cost, and the winners have to win at the expense of the losers.

It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.

Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.

Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves

When the mind is clear, behavior is always impeccable.