Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as a matter of fact, He has not done this; but rather has committed the preaching to man, telling them to go and disciple all nations. The responsibility lies squarely on our shoulders.

A great deal more failure is the result of an excess of caution than of bold experimentation with new ideas. The frontiers of the Kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.