Melissa

“What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough. Come then, returned the nephew gaily. What right have you to be morose? You're rich enough.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

“Why do we wait until tomorrow to do good? Why do we wait to be rich before giving? Is not the gift of ourselves better than money, and is there a day or even an hour in which we could not give a tear or a smile to someone who is suffering?”
― Elisabeth Leseur, Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur

“what is the good of a man being honest in his worship of dishonesty?”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown

“All that is good in me I owe to God alone, whose fatherly action is continuous and is so plainly visible in my life that, in spite of great trials and this recent sorrow — the greatest of all — I can still offer Him fervent thanks and must try in future to transform my soul and life to His service.”
― Elisabeth Leseur, Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur