A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. |
As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them |
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. |
Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoat |
Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables |
Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. |
Feel for others - in your pocket |
Fiery trials make golden Christians |
God had one Son without sin, but not a single child without the rod |
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word- Prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell. |
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem to be against us, we do not believe Him at all. |
If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back. |
If...you feel that if you could indulge in sin without punishment, yet it would be a punishment of itself; and that if you could have the whole world, and abide in it for ever, it would be quite enough misery not to be parted from it; for your God—your God—is what your soul craves after; then be of good courage, thou art a child of God. |
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head. |
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. |