"Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious." ― Phillips Brooks Topic(s): Life More From Phillips Brooks "The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung." "Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there." "Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks." More In Life "Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing."― Eric Davis "One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."― Benjamin Disraeli "Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself."― Walter Anderson