A young man should ask himself not if it is his duty to go to the heathen, but if he may dare stay at home. The command is so plain: “Go.”

How many million more souls are to pass into eternity without having heard the name of Jesus?

Only believe, don't fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it.

Surely there can be no greater joy than that of saving souls.

I have a firm conviction that I am immortal until my work is done.

I would I had a thousand lives that I might give them to ... China!

I pray that no missionary will ever be as lonely as I have been.

It is a great mistake to say that the Chinese are not hospitable. A more graceful, hearty hospitality than that of the Chinese I have met in no land.

What we want is not power, but simply combination in order to elicit the largest possible giving.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

Funny, nothing ever happens nowadays.

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all.

She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn.

There is a point at which a transformation has to take place.

Stay strong. Depression lies.