Worship demands the far distances of God; it protests against the little, the near, the material. It must love but it must look up. It cannot live without the note of spirituality and universality, if not mystery. The ascension, the… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Be strong! It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong, how hard the battle goes, the day how long, faint not, fight on! Tomorrow… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them… To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Pay little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine. To carry your cargo… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Salvation is not putting a man into heaven but putting heaven into a man. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Lord, let me make this rule To think of life as school, And try my best To stand each test, And do my work,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
You are not responsible for the disposition you are born with, but you are responsible for the one you die with. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Spirituality is best manifested on the ground, not in the air. Rapturous day-dreams, flights of heavenly fancy, longings to see the Invisible, are less… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Loyalty to God is alone fundamental. Feelings, words, deeds, must be beads strung on the string of duty. Let the world tell you in… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Prayer must mean something to us, if it is to mean anything to God. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
I agree with you that the communion with the invisible saints must be more of a dream than a reality. But we have a… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
