When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.

The principle part of faith is patience.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

The principal part of faith is patience.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.

Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.

According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek.

I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before.

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.