Quotes by Elsie Lincoln Benedict

"There are no accidents. Everything that happens in our individual world, just as every occurrence in the material universe, is brought about by the operation of law. The person who is constantly meeting unhappiness, poverty, disease and failure in his life is creating these things for himself. He may be ever so well-meaning. Personal hells too are often “paved with good intentions.” We make or unmake ourselves. In the great subconscious armory we forge the weapons that destroy us or the tools by which we build palaces of peace, power and prosperity."

"Most people use less brains in selecting the person with whom they are to spend their lives than they do in choosing an automobile, a bicycle or a cut of steak. Love isn’t enough; there must also be understanding."

"When poverty comes in the door love flies out the window" is a saying as old as it is sad."