Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them.

The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.

All God's giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God's faithfulness.

If I had a thousand pounds, China should have it. If I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him?

[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.

Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.

If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for China.