Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire.
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
When you taste honey, remember gall.
He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard.