Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.

Let us sing even when we do not feel like it, for in this way we give wings to heavy feet and turn weariness into strength.

Preaching that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.

It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life.

If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in peril of becoming a dream.

...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.

May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.

All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.

It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won...In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

Women! Dressed to kill the woman in them.

The smell of dead fish lingered in the air, and excited flies darted from fish to fish lapping up the decay.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

In each person I catch the fleeting suggestion of something beautiful and swear eternal friendship with that.

Misery pulls away the brackets of life leaving you to free fall.

The heart is as important as the head in learning

As you've noticed people don't want to be sold. What people do want is news and information about the things they care about.

When somebody wants to work and believes in something, it doesn't matter if you're well known or rich or whatever it is.