Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.

I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel that it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third place, and teaching the fourth.

I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God.

I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in overseas missions by the prayers of earnest believers at home.

The enemy is delighted to have us so occupied incessantly with secondary and trivial concerns, as to keep us from attacking and resisting in the true spirit of the conflict.

Praying without faith is like trying to cut with a blunt knife - much labor expended to little purpose.

It was a child's awareness, never spoken or even fully acknowledged, but deeply felt.

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.

There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.

Ah! Justice of our God! Who else could stow Such travails new and pains as met my glance!

I'm not about to put up a silly skit and preach a 15-minute message on 'how to cope' to a multitude of people who are dying and going to hell. I tremble at the thought.

I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.

Great leaders get people to think more of themselves, not more of the leader.

I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get than by inventing something.