In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

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.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.

The beauty is that you are always free to choose a better future as well as a better past!

Humour is the only test of gravity and gravity of humour for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?

I've always believed that we could reach past genre -- we didn't ride the grunge coat-tails; we've always been on our terms.

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

Cost is more important than quality but quality is the best way to reduce cost.

My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

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