A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows.

Luck generally comes to those who look for it, and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody's door, but if industry does not open it luck goes away.

A man who says, 'I was wrong,' really in effect says, 'I am a little wiser today than I was yesterday.

It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all, forget to argue with God; but those who prevail bring forth their reasons and their strong arguments

Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.