The historic idea that the devil tempts men had this remarkable effect, it produced the man of iron who fought; the modern idea of blaming his heredity or his circumstances produces the man who gives in at once.

Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.

Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life.

God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it.

Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God.

The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.

Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.