We must mark God's providence leading us; and if providence tarries, tarry till providence comes

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.

The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

Too many people are endowed with a feeling of entitlement, but born without God-given empathy.

Biology without selfishness, is nothing but fiction.

There's great release, really, in not seeing into the future.

There's nothing better than cake but more cake.

now I am capable of youth, but not capable of few years - that is the pitiful thing.

There is what we desire to do, and what we are able to do. When those two things don't coincide, which path should we pursue to find happiness?

Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

Time'swheelsrunsbackor stops: Potterand clayendure.