Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.

Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble

It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.

I would not have you exchange the gold of individual Christianity for the base metal of Christian Socialism.

["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.

To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better.

The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.