What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.

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

Hoist the sails of your own spirit to catch the winds of God.

When we count on chance in lieu of law and labor, we weaken our healthy attitudes toward work, our fellow men and our God.

We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.

Our love for God is tested by the question of whether we seek Him or His gifts.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.