“If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.”

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel.

The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.

I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.

Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.

Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.

As long as we live there is never enough singing.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

Maybe our story didn’t end the way we planned but, Neither did the beginning. Regardless, our story will remain as one of my fondest memories.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

We made a home for our wishes in the stars; while forgetting they were meant to be only the beginning.

Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.

Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.

Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.

Endings are just new beginnings in the shape of pain and despair.