It is the lifted face that feels the shining of the sun.

It is usually not so much the greatness of our trouble, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.

Pessimism never conquered life, and never ennobled a character.

It does no good to brood over our troubles;  it does not help matters out a bit.   Be on the look-out for bright rays, and you will certainly find them.

Every waving field of corn, the sweet-scented hay of the meadow, every leaf on the bough and every bird among the leaves, is a messenger direct from God.

The best things are nearest:  breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you.

Let a man be what he will, it is the mind and heart that make a man poor or rich, miserable or happy; for these are always stronger than fortune.

Our heart makes our world for us, and if the heart be without hope and cheer, the world is always dark.   We find in life just what we have the capacity to find.