One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance.

God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.

When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.

Dream a dream so big that unless God intervenes it will fail.

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me.

There are three stages in the work of God: impossible, difficult,done.

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.

I always look towards the light of my desires, so I never forget where I'm going.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

Religions are such stuff as dreams are made of.

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.

I am a slave to the rhythm. I am a palette. I just go with the moment. You've got to do it that way because if you're thinking, you're dead. Performing is not about thinking; it's about feeling.

I'm as thick as a plank.

the inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying.

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.