God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty. – Peter Marshall
If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you. – Peter Marshall
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work. – Peter Marshall
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. – Peter Marshall
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. – James Fenimore Cooper