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

I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?

It’s a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.

Do not go on His errands till first you have sat at His feet.

You will never know God’s strength until He has supported you in deep waters.

The best way to live above all fear of death is to die every morning before you leave your bedroom.

Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.

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

God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.

When God places a burden upon you, He places His arms underneath you.

Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy.

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.

I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn’t got one.

Money… is like a beautiful thoroughbred horse – very powerful & always in action, but unless this horse is trained when very young, it will be an out-of-control & dangerous animal when it grows to maturity.

Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.

I’ve always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don’t fake or hide their feelings, and they are the most loyal creatures on Earth. And somehow we humans think we’re smarter-what a joke.

Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked.

There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.