Want of will causes paralysis of every faculty. In spiritual things man is utterly unable because resolvedly unwilling.

Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth, and shuts it once for all.

If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified.

Christ did not die to make his Father loving, but because his Father is loving: the atoning blood is the outflow of the very heart of God toward us.

Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if you are going to pull others out of it, and you will have to dive into the floods if you are going to draw others out of the water. You cannot work a fire escape without feeling the scorch of the conflagration, nor man a lifeboat without being covered with the waves.

Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.