“My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.”

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

Young people, I want to beg of you always keep your eyes open to what Mother Nature has to teach you. By so doing you will learn many valuable things every day of your life.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

You can’t teach people anything. You can only draw out.

We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for one’s self.

When our thoughts – which bring actions – are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.

We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts.

Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill.

God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.

Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Trusting God completely means having faith that he knows what is best for your life. You expect him to keep his promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.

Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.

As an overflow of my life – the wake I leave behind with my little dash on earth – I want others to fall in love with Jesus and know of His great hope and purpose for their lives.

We need to abandon our scale and adopt God’s because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.

Humility is not a character trait to develop, it’s the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. [Yet] only with God, only with the view that God’s on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.

God’s words trump all opinions, including mine, and in the end, I believe God’s words lead to life.

There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.