1. “Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.”
2. “The world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.”
3. “Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.”
4. “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”
5. “We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
6. “Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”
7. “Love is the river of life in the world.”
8. “A mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.”
9. “A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
10. “Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.”
11. “Suffering is part of the divine idea.”
12. “We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have travelled from the point where they started.”
13. “Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.”
14. “Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.”
15. “Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.”
16. “Expedients are for hour, but principles are for the ages.”
17. “A man’s true state of power and riches is to be in himself.”
18. “Every man should keep a fair sized cemer.”
19. “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.”
20. “What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.”
21. “Faith is spiritualized imagination.”
22. “Of all the escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.”
23. “He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by he attraction of his own.”
24. “Theology is the science of mind applied to God.”
25. “The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.”
26. “The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”
27. “God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men’s weaknesses.”
28. “The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.”
29. “Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.”
30. “Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.”
