The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability.

The harrowing of the soul can be like the harrowing of the soil; to increase the yield, things are turned upside down.

The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.

The overwhelming joy of conversion or a new calling is often followed by feelings of being overwhelmed with duties and doctrines. The first joyous feelings are real and give one much-needed initial momentum. But the genuine exhilaration is soon followed by the need to perspire and to pedal.

The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else.

Celestial criteria measures service, not status.

Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn