Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfection, not happiness; and every one of the sons of God must have something of that spirit which marked his Master.

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

God's truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness.

This is the true liberty of Christ, when a free man binds himself in love to duty. Not in shrinking from our distasteful occupations, but in fulfilling them, do we realize our high origin.

Marriage is not a union merely between two creatures - it is a union between two spirits; and the intention of that bond is to perfect the nature of both.

What the world calls virtue is a name and a dream without Christ. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer's cross, and in the power of His resurrection.

To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

There is a past which is gone forever, but there is a future which is still our own.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

Today there are more people who know the words to a television commercial than know the words in the Bible.

Christ sets us free by the power of His Spirit; then He maintains our freedom as we learn to live from day to day in the power of that Spirit.

We don't need wings to be angels We don't need reasons to be right Your love makes us all better That who we really are Angels and heroes at heart

We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history.

Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.

A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.

One must always be aware, to notice even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.

I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator.

It's not enough to be famous. You have to be professional enough to make reform.