Although believers by nature are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

Love is the strength of the human heart.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

To live by medicine is to live horribly.

Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.

The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.

When you take on a role you try to do as much as possible beforehand to get your mind into it. Just to prepare because it's a daunting prospect to go six months or whatever.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions.