“I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need.”

Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

My entire theology can be condensed into four words, ‘JESUS DIED FOR ME’.

The world’s one and only remedy is the cross.

No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.

When your will is God’s will, you will have your will.

His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people’s burdens.

Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.

No man ever served God by doing things tomorrow.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

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.”

The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?

The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.

Every Christian man has a choice between being humble and being humbled.

Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

In one day, I have times where I’m feeling great, I feel like I love my life, and then 2:30 rolls around and I’m the angriest man alive. My wife sees it.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It’s about as important as things get.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.