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Quotes by Clergyman
"Let me into your lives, your world. Live on me, so that you may become truly alive."
80
"I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend of all-Jesus Christ. He said, “I call you not servants; . . . but . . . friends” [John 15:15 KJV]."
79
"And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray."
79
"Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss."
78
"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed."
78
"Throughout the world today there are people who are enduring cruelties and persecution because of their Christian faith. We must pray for them, and for ourselves, so that in our own dying hour God will give us grace to endure until the end, anticipating the certainty of His glory to come."
78
"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability."
78
"The apostle Paul said, “Be not conformed to this world.” These words cut like a sharp sword across our way of life. They have the tone of the battle call in them. They separate the weak from the strong. But they are words of inspiration, and we need to hear them today."
78
"Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life."
77
"Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him."
77
"War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven."
76
"The Lord Jesus Christ is preparing a home fit for all who live for Him, a place designed for the church triumphant. Let's exemplify the work of His hands, for they are busy, on our behalf, building a city large enough to encompass His people of faith-an eternal home for the soul."
75
"What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour."
74
"There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will ultimately produce the general population of America."
73
"Well married, a man is winged-ill-matched, he is shackled."
73
"One kind of loneliness is the loneliness of solitude. If you have repented, surrendered, and committed your heart and life to Him, Christ forgives . . . and takes you into His family; He brings you to the hearth, and you feel the warmth of the fire. If you are lonely today, seek Christ and know the fellowship that He brings."
72
"Today our churches are filled, but how many are actually practicing Christianity in daily life?"
72
"In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two."
72
"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want, but because you don't want it intensely enough."
72
"Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals."
71
"I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile."
71
"Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines."
70
"To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher."
70
"In earlier periods of history, adolescence was virtually unknown . . . Today, the span between childhood and adulthood may extend over ten years. Deferred adulthood is synonymous with deferred responsibility."
70
"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened."
69
"Pride always puts [self] above others-and cuts [itself] off from them as a result. No one likes an arrogant, prideful person."
69
"Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."
69
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