“One honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher, Although he was poor, did not want to be richer;For all such vain wishes in him were preventedBy a fortunate habit of being contented.”

“Self-denial is painful for a moment but very agreeable in the end.”

“Who ran to help me when I fell And would some pretty story tell Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.”

“I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled And made me in these Christian days A happy Christian child.”

“Self-denial is painful for a moment but very agreeable in the end.”

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.”

“We limit ourselves and God who wants to work through us”

“God can only work through those who have totally identified themselves with His will and purpose”