More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
BILLY SUNDAYThe church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
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Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God’s Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I’ll quit preaching.
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I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.
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The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.
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There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
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Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.
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Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.
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I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.
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When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.
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It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.
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Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing – open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way – that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that.
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God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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When the word of God says one thing and scholarship says another, scholarship can go to hell.
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The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn’t hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.
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