The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church.

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.

The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.

Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.

The reason why we fail to prevail with unconverted men is due to our more fundamental failure to prevail with God in prayer.

No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.

Words . . . present a picture of the inward man.

Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.

Realize the self of yourself.

I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. This display of ferocity, of savage courage, made me realize that I was wrong. All my life I had known only a part of her.

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

The only certainty is that we never know what tomorrow holds. We live for today, life is short, so let's enjoy it together while we can.

We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply.

I think it's a Pew survey of Millennials, and the first one is that more and more Millennial-aged women are ashamed and embarrassed that they earn more than their husbands or boyfriends.