We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes.

When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual mindedness more marked.

If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit.

No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive to be humble.

The key to understanding the Bible is Jesus Christ.