Faith is that quality or power by which the things desired become the things possessed.

God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels

The Heavenly Father does not ask for golden vessels. He does not ask for silver vessels. God asks for yielded vessels.

Whether life grinds a man down or polishes him depends on what he's made of.

I didn't have any looks, I didn't have any talent, and it was easy for me to say to the Lord, "I don't have anything." If you only knew where I came from ... this leetle-bitty town with no more than twelve hundred people in it. So ... anything I am today, He is the one who has done it [ellipses in source].

Any truth, no matter how valid, if emphasized to the exclusion of other truths of equal importance, is practical error.

Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often we feel that humility is a sign of weakness. This is not so. It is the sign of strength and security.