Oh, be assured, fellow teachers, that there is no time in life so favorable to sound conversion as early childhood.

A sermon in shoes is often more eloquent than a sermon on paper.

God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-book.

A genuine revival means a trimming of personal lamps.

You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear through all eternity.

Sufficient to each day are the duties to be done and the trials to be endured. God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.

One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him.

When you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self indulgence. God "stirs up our nests" and bids us fly upward.

Precious Saviour! come in spirit, and lay Thy strong, gentle grasp of love on our dear boys and girls, and keep these our lambs from the fangs of the wolf.

As long as we work on God's line, He will aid us. When we attempt to work on our own lines, He rebukes us with failure.

God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty.

Letting go means wanting to move on so you can live.

First you must face your own reality in the present, here and now! If you fail to do that, if you do not obtain first-hand experience from it, there will be no deep, far-reaching changes in you.

Whatever your situation might be, set your mind to whatever you want to do and put a good attitude in it, and I believe that you can succeed.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

My family fears that the Russians will assassinate me.

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved.

As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.

I've always had weird hair, and it's never looked good.

We are poor mortals, but it dreams to us that we can fly.