Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.

In the extent and proper structure of the Union, therefore, we behold a republican remedy for the disease incident to republican government.

The despotism of custom is on the wane. We are not content to know that things are; we ask whether they ought to be.

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a thorough will to it. Man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too much with others.