There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.

If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.

Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.

To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.

As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.

The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.

I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.

As the thoughts so the mind. If thoughts are good, mind is good. If thoughts are bad, the mind is called bad.

The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie.

Why do waiting rooms have to be so ominous?

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.

We are our own worst inhibitors

Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.