"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves." ― Charlotte Bronte Topic(s): God More From Charlotte Bronte "The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed." "If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own." "I feel monotony and death to be almost the same." More In God "Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores – more than abundantly – what it takes away."― Jim Elliot "There’s a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that appeal to the worst in people. Our society is moving in that direction."― Major Owens "Is man one of God’s blunders? Or is God one of man’s blunders?"― Friedrich Nietzsche