“The authority of the Word, and the commands of the Spirit.”

The devil gives the best first and the worst last, but the Lord saves the best for last.

He died to make you holy. You are not your own.

And when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

God does not change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us.

Failure in the past does not nullify purpose in the future.

God does business with those who mean business.

Satan wants to cripple me and then blame me for limping.

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.

A faith that hasn’t been tested can’t be trusted.

First Corinthians 6:20 says ‘For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.’

Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.

The day of judgment will be a day when the skeletons come out of the closets! And each of us will be standing there to face the record.

Anything with no head is dead, and anything with two heads is a freak.

I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

Study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.

The expression “from above” is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action – we call it intuition.

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.

Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.

Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.

All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.