If the biographer gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly. Anything beyond this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.

William Carey chides his countrymen for deciding it would be impossible for the Gospel to travel over great distances and to penetrate varied cultures when they are willing to face the same trials for the sake of commerce.

I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.

Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.