"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle of the mirror that receives it." - Edith Wharton

"You are the light of the world." - Jesus, as quoted in Matthew 5:14

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” - Billy Graham

Therefore we do not lose heart . . . For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. - 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

"Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness" — Leo Tolstoy

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.- Romans 12:1 NKJV

“Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” - Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. - Isaiah 40:31
 

“Whoever is happy will make others happy.” - Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones. -  Proverbs 17:22

"Vexation at a fault is generally more of a fault than the fault itself." - François Fénelon

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.  - Psalm 51:10

"When we parley with temptations, we are in great danger of being overcome." - Matthew Henry

And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. - 1 Corinthians 10:13

"The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker." - Helen Keller

That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. -  Ecclesiastes 3:13