Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it; but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success.

Preaching the Word is the primary task of the Church, the primary task of the leaders of the Church, the people who are set in this position of authority; and we must not allow anything to deflect us from this, however good the cause, however great the need.

Grace is favor shown to people who do not deserve any favor at all.

Faith is a refusal to panic, come what may.

You must go on to remind yourself of God - who God is, and what God is, and what God has done, and what God has pledged Himself to do.

If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.

The introduction is the first and best chance to win the attention of people who otherwise would not care. The first thing you have to do is make people believe that what you have to say is relevant and important.