“It is simply service that measures success.”

Believe. The promise of God are real. They are as real, as solid, yes infinitely more solid than this table which the materialist so thoroughly believes in. If you would only believe, O ye of little faith.

Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.

There are two ways, one is right; the other is wrong. If your work is only about right, then it is wrong.

Without my Savior, I am nothing.

One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.

To those who have as yet not learned the secret of true happiness, which is the joy of coming into the closest relationship with the Maker and Preserver of all things: begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

Young people, I want to beg of you always keep your eyes open to what Mother Nature has to teach you. By so doing you will learn many valuable things every day of your life.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

My purpose alone must be God’s purpose.

You can’t teach people anything. You can only draw out.

We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for one’s self.

When our thoughts – which bring actions – are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.

The distance between who I am, and who I want to be is measure only, by my actions.

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

Abnormalities in brain function have traditionally been detected using electroencephalography

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching.

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.