It is wonderful when God saves a drunkard which He sometimes does, but it is more wonderful still when God saves little children before they become drunkards, libertines, and degenerates.

The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart, that man is well-nigh hopeless.

The greatest ability is dependability.

It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.

What you love and what you hate reveal what you are.

Don't ask God to give you a light burden. Ask Him to give you strong shoulders to carry a heavy burden.

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.

A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence.

No nation has ever prospered or been blessed like the colored people in the South.

If you do not do your God-assigned task, throughout eternity there will be a job that has never been done.

In two words, " said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you.

If you are unable to reach a person you must know that this happens not because that the roads are closed but because you don’t know the true paths to reach that person!

A phenomenon that might seem only backwards or silly when expressed at a social level becomes madness at the individual level.

I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber remains the captive of some long-vanished pine.

Never lower your price, add value.

I claim to know my millions. All the hours of the day I am with them. They are my first care and God that is to be found in the hearts of the dumb millions.

I like the idea of characters without shame, who hold nothing back.

You can't go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God's will now.

Nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.