There are parts of a ship which taken by themselves would sink. The engine would sink. The propeller would sink. But when the parts of a ship are built together, they float. So with the events of my life. Some have been tragic. Some have been happy. But when they are built together, they form a craft that floats and is going places. And I am comforted.

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Balance the bad news of life with the good news of Christ.

Advertising enriches life by quickening the imagination, arousing interest and enlarging the taste.

What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.

As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.