God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty. |
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work. |
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. |
A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. |
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. |
If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you. |
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. |
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. |
Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. |
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation. |
Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it. |
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. |
It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail. |