When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.

You have one business on earth – to save souls.

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

Any 'Christians' who take for themselves any more than the plain necessaries of life, live in an open habitual denial of the Lord. They have gained riches and hell-fire.

I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field.

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.