Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I'll quit preaching.

If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.

Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell.

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.

The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.

I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command.

Being a king, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother.