True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either