January 19

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.—MATT. xii, 36.

You may not see, I may not know,

The deeds to which our kind words grow;

But they are never lost, I know.

Be not discouraged because the sphere of action seems narrow, and the influence limited; for every word and act that a human being sends forth lives forever. It is a spiritual seed cast into the wide field of opinion. Its results are too infinite for human calculation. It will appear and reappear through all time, always influencing the destiny of the human race for good or evil. L. MARIA CHILD.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.

GAIL HAMILTON.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

HORACE MANN.

Thought and theory must precede all action that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.