Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Stars don’t beg the world for attention

I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.

My style is ambiguous and lucid.

I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of failure.

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.

If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For as we relate to our virtues, so God relates to our sins.