“The missionaries must be men of piety, of humble minds, and of industrious habits.”— Samuel Marsden
“The work of a missionary in Alaska is a work of infinite patience and of infinite hope.”— Hudson Stuck
“A missionary is a person who is too busy to worry, too loving to be critical, and too trusting to be fearful.”— Alexander Duff
“Had this voyage resulted in but the salvation of a single soul, I should deem all my fatigues well repaid.”— Jacques Marquette