Being a king, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother.

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.

One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.

The reason you don't like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.

I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.

Let's quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

I have more respect for the devil than for some preachers I have met; the devil believes the Bible is the Word of God!

The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.

I don’t believe in solipsism, but I also believe that if I am not existing—nothing exists for me.

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If you can't swim, the idea of being in nine feet of water is terrifying, much less the ocean.

That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance.

I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?

When I was nine, I wrote a vow of celibacy on a piece of paper and ate it.

I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - Silver Bells and Follow the Stars Home.

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

A lie does not become truth just because ten people are telling it.

We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook.