Let it be understood that the end of our existence here is that we may be more God-like […] and that we are placed here to grow strong and noble, and… - Henry Ward Beecher

A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.

Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence, — as a compliment from God.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it only serves to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.