Quotes by Phillips Brooks

"No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."

"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."

"The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still."

"Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it."

"Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious."

"Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."

"Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune."

"Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do."