If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men.

God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute.

A life of intimacy with God is characterized by joy.

Don't waste time asking God to keep you from doing things. Don't do them.

If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.

The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both.

It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances, for we are developed because of them. It is mastery in circumstances that is needed, not mastery over them.