The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

There is no perfect gift without great suffering. Our triumphs and our pomps pass away; gluttony and sloth and enervating luxury have banished every virtue from the world; so that as it were wandering from its course our nature is subdued by habit. Now and henceforth it is meet that you cure yourself of laziness. The Master has said that sitting on down or lying under the quilts will not bring thee to fame. He who without it has frittered life away leaves no more trace of himself upon the earth than smoke does in the air or the foam on the water.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal triumph if you have the iron will and the necessary skill.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.