“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
“The missionaries must be men of piety, of humble minds, and of industrious habits.”— Samuel Marsden
“We have all come here to this distant land for the glory of God and the salvation of souls.”— Junípero Serra