May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock!

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary.

Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

The work of God's Holy Spirit begins with bruising. In order to be saved, the fallow ground must be plowed up, the hard heart must be broken, the rock must be split apart.

The more holy a man becomes, the more conscious he is of unholiness.

A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver.

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.