“He was the first to recognise me, and to love what he saw.”

“We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us. ~Jane Eyre”

“You are no ruin, sir—no lightning-struck tree: you aregreen and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots,whether you ask them or not, because they take delightin your bountiful shadow; and as they grow they will leantowards you, and wind round you, because your strengthoffers them so safe a prop.”

“So much has religion done for me; turning the original materials to the best account; pruning and training nature. But she could not eradicate nature: nor will it be eradicated 'till this mortal shall put on immortality.”

“with the book on my knee , i was happy ,i feared nothing except interruption.”

“Over time, the grueling job of a mother requires one to learn everything from patience to clinical psychology.When you are "in the fire," it is sometimes hard to recognize the value of what you are learning. But the da-to-day refining process--the problem solving, crisis resolution, mental stretching, mess clean-ups, sleep deprivation, and loving more than you thought possible truly makes you into a smart, aware, beautiful refined individual.The great secret is appreciating the refined person you are becoming through your trials.”

“One of the most important things I've learned is that creating a vision of what you want to be is the beginning of making it happen.”