The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict, force and fervor, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well.

If the Savior has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has nothing in you of a saving character.

A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.

Prayer can never be in excess.

Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading.

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.