I don't have to change the world all by myself, I just need to partner in the work God wants us to do.
Reason refuseth its homage to a God who can be fully understood.
Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.
A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good; for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.
Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education, But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things.
To-morrow is that lamp upon the marsh, which a traveller never reacheth; To-morrow, the rainbow's cup, coveted prize of ignorance; To-morrow, the shifting anchorage, dangerous trust of manners; To-morrow, the wrecker's beacon, wily snare of the destroyer. Reconcile conviction with delay, and To-morrow is a fatal lie; Frighten resolutions into action, To-morrow is a wholesome truth.
Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day; And in one little word, our life, what is it but--To-day?
The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
Your dad would stake me out to freeze if I let you fall and hurt yourself. " He offered me his arm, which I latched onto gratefully. "He wouldn't stake you out," I panted as we forced our way through the hard top layer of snow that was almost thigh deep. "He'd just shoot you. " "Well that's a comfort.
As men are killed by fighting, the truth is lost in disputing.