A little book of inspiration, posted to a blog
Be wise!
Use well the present day,
Clear purpose and resolve
Will always find a way.
Be brave!
High courage knows no fear.
The good you do right now
Brings conquest ever near.
Be true!
Don’t swerve or idly shirk.
Life’s prizes are conferred
On men who nobly work.
Be strong!
There’s something great to do.
Have faith and really know
That God will see you through.
-Grenville Kleiser.
Do your best loyally and cheerfully and suffer yourself to feel no fear nor anxiety. Your times are in God’s hands. He has assigned you your place; He will direct your paths; He will accept your efforts if they are faithful.
-Canon Farrar.
Afraid? Of what?
To feel the Spirit’s glad release?
To pass from pain to perfect peace,
The strife and strain of life to cease?
Afraid – of that?
Afraid? Of what?
Afraid to see the Savior’s face,
To hear His welcome and to trace
The glory gleam from wounds of grace?
Afraid – of that?
Afraid? Of what?
A flash, a crash, a pierced heart -
Darkness – Light – O Heaven’s art!
A wound of His, a counterpart!
Afraid – of that?
Afraid? Of what?
To enter into heaven’s rest,
And yet to serve the Master blest,
From service good to service best?
Afraid – of that?
Afraid? Of what?
To do by death what life could not -
Baptize with blood a stony plot,
Till souls shall blossom from the spot!
Afraid – of that?
THEY NEVER FAIL-.
Who keep faith with themselves.
Who always give their very best.
Who rise to the attack after falling.
Who maintain their own sense of self-respect.
Who return good wiil to the world about them.
Who keep their faith in truth and right unsullied.
Who learn to laugh at difficulties.
-Onward.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always some one to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men to win them.
-Emerson.
It is only through labor and prayerful efforts, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
-Theodore Roosevelt.
