• The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man.

    Maltbie Davenport Babcock: The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man.
    "Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock".