To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.
I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.
It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.
You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.