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

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don’t have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

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.

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.

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.

My rights, my wrongs, I write ‘til I’m right with God.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

You start believing in god when the devil finds you.

Let the God howl when night comes, when we shine.

We’re all put on this earth to walk in His image, the Master.