And once again the answer sweetly fell;
“Yea, this one thing, all other things above;
God’s will to love.”
—J. M. C. Bouchard, S. J.
Shun idleness, it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
—Voltaire.
Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy—that which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk lays up a fund of spiritual strength.
—F. W. Robertson.
Truthfulness is the foundation of all personal excellence. It exhibits itself in conduct. It is rectitude, truth in action, and shines through every word and deed.
—Samuel Smiles.