If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, wherever you are.

Why should I fear? I am on a Royal Mission. I am in the service of the King of kings.

Lord, the task is impossible for me but not for Thee. Lead the way and I will follow.

Christ never was in a hurry. There was no rushing forward, no anticipating, no fretting over what might be. Each day's duties were done as each day brought them, and the rest was left with God.

Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the Kingdom.

When you think of the woman's power, you forget the power of the woman's God. I shall go on.

Blessed the man and woman who is able to serve cheerfully in the second rank - a big test.

Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results.

The secret of all failure is disobedience.

Oh Lord, I thank Thee that I can bring these people Thy Word. But Lord, there are other villages back in the jungle where no white man has gone. They need Jesus, too. Help me reach them!

If you play with temptation do not expect God will deliver you

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.

But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.

I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.

I believe I want adult sanity, which seems to me the only unalloyed form of heroism available today.

Families, like countries, take their prophets unkindly, but a verse-speaker in the house is dishonor to be hooted.

I was born into a world of art. I always thought that in life, you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep and you draw.

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art.

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.