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

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port.

Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.

The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.

Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.

Before you go out into the world, wash your face in the clear crystal of praise. Bury each yesterday in the fine linen and spices of thankfulness.

Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.

We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us.

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.

I’d prefer to wield a rose than to wield the gun.

Make the choice; to be comfortable or to be alive.

If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

I am not a full-time politician but a ‘sanyasi’ who took the path of politics to serve the masses.

It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.

Privatization is presented as being the only alternative to an inefficient, corrupt state. In fact, it is not a choice at all… it is a mutually profitable business contract between the private company (preferably foreign) and the ruling elite of the Third World.

Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, ‘Gee, if I’d only spent more time at the office.’

When I choose the scripts, all I look forward to is an impressive narration.