Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

One rarely does well what one rarely does.

The Lord delights in every little step you take.

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.

Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Be who you are and be that well.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

My wife hates the beard. When we dated, I would grow it out during duck season. She said she could handle anything for three months - but now I have it all the time.

We simply want to follow God because we knows of the happiness it will bring, that's the reason that we chose to be open about our beliefs.