Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.

Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has died down and the cheering has stopped, they will face a smaller audience, the judgment bar of God.

Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.

Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.

The unwillingness of most leaders to set standards, to administer feedback when standards are not met, to praise clearly when standards are met, stands in the way of the development of excellence. The leader who makes no demands of his disciples cannot really lead them at all. The sense of new excitement and new challenge generated by the gospel will be blunted by leaders who shield followers from the full demands of fellowship.

Even if work were not an economic necessity, it is a spiritual necessity.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.