Always Trying

C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar

"After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. For however important chastity (or courage, or truthfulness, or any other virtue) may be, this process trains us in habits of the soul which are more important still. It cures our illusions about ourselves and teaches us to depend on God. We learn, on the one hand, that we cannot trust ourselves even in our best moments, and, on the other, that we need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven."

Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

"God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them."

Adam Grant Organizational Psychologist, Author

"People tend to have one of three 'styles' of interaction. There are takers, who are always trying to serve themselves; matchers, who are always trying to get equal benefit for themselves and others; and givers, who are always trying to help people."

Mark Twain Writer, Humorist

"The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example"