An honoured parentage is a good heritage. It puts one under tremendous responsibility, too, for its blessings are a sacred trust which must be kept unsullied, and accounted for. To be unfaithful in such circumstances is not only to leave our work undone, but to mar, possibly destroy, the good work of others which had been put into their hands to finish. –
April 21: Morning Thoughts for Every Day in the Year
The Master sets before us the goal of our being. He has a beautiful plan for each life. There is something definite for which he has made us, into which he would fashion us, and toward which all his guidance, education and training will tend. This is not a world of chance --- it is our Father's world. All the experiences of our lives have their part in making us what Christ would have us become, in bringing out the possibilities that he sees in us when we first come to him. –
What Christ's Friendship Means, in The Beauty of Self Control