Chance Quote by Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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

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

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

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

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

Salvation is not putting a man into heaven but putting heaven into a man.

— Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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

You are not responsible for the disposition you are born with, but you are responsible for the one you die with.

— Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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

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

Prayer must mean something to us, if it is to mean anything to God.

— Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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