Let my name die everywhere, let even my friends forget me, if by that means the cause of the blessed Jesus may be promoted

Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

A secret weighs on us, a terrible secret weighs with a terrible weight.

Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.

No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

Now who can hear Christ declare, that his kingdom is, not of this world, and yet believe that this blending of church and state together can be pleasing to him?

I try to squeeze in a workout whenever I can, even if it's doing squats with my 7-month-old in the kitchen or jumping on the trampoline with my 5-year-old.

First, I charge a retainer; then I charge a reminder; next I charge a refresher; and then I charge a finisher.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

You do not know what you will earn tomorrow.

The politics of Europe is unimaginative and bureaucratic.

I love doing the show more than anything. It's truly the most satisfying thing creatively that I've ever had in my life.