Finney preached and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! that's good preaching.

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.

I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.

Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.

I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm going to do? Sit down and cry?

The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.

How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for.

People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.

It's a weird combination that makes a great picture. It's a complete mystery to me.

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

I don't wish to treat you like an inferior: that is (correcting himself), I claim only such superiority as must result from twenty years' difference in age and a century's advance in experience.

Looking for meaning in the ordinary seems like the most urgent thing that we can do.

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.

I'm completely unqualified for any job I've ever had.

Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.