“The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.”

Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it.

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.

God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it.

For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience.

You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.

There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed.

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.

It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something.

The scrutiny we give other people should be for ourselves.

To say that ‘prayer changes things’ is not as close to the truth as saying, ‘prayer changes me and then I change things.’ God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.

Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God’s word fit in?

Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.

Don’t plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

If I obey Jesus Christ, the redemption of God will flow through me to the lives of others, because behind the deed of obedience is the reality of Almighty God.

Building trust is key to discovering and understanding your buyers’ motives.

The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.

Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.

You won’t ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.

We decided that if we get the culture right, most of the stuff, like building a brand around delivering the very best customer service, will just take care of itself.

Goals work. Pick one debt, and then put every dime into paying down that one debt. Once that debt is paid off, start paying down the next debt. Pretty soon it’s time to move from paying debt to building savings.

Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.

Sleep might be the most important aspect of building a great business, and having a high-performing body.