To think that before the hills were formed, or the channels of the sea were scooped out, God loved me; that from everlasting to everlasting His mercy is upon His people. Is not that a consolation?

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.

I find I'm unable to speak, unable to move, snared in his serious gaze like some kind of frightened rabbit

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak.

To write is to think, and to write well is to think well.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

I think cheerfulness is a fortune in itself.

The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained...

I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.

I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion's sake.