Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to…

Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

— Thomas a Kempis

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

— Thomas a Kempis

Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.

— Thomas a Kempis

In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed,…

— Thomas a Kempis

Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When thou thinkest…

— Thomas a Kempis

If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?

— Thomas a Kempis

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy…

— Thomas a Kempis

Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has…

— Thomas a Kempis

All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.

— Thomas a Kempis

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no…

— Thomas a Kempis

It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for…

— Thomas a Kempis

“An act of kindness blossoms our lives with gladness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the spring; it…

— Novalis

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds,…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from…

— Mickey Rooney