“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

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.

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.

I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

I have enjoyed earthly happiness, I have lived and loved.

Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.

She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

If you’re gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.

The Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.