Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
The Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefits of non-members.
A fault, once denied, is twice committed.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
The Church is an organism that grows best in an alien society.
In the final analysis our great problem with holiness is not that our concepts of holiness are feeble, but that our hearts are rebellious. We are selfish, that's our problem. And the fact that we often won't admit our selfishness shows how deep
the pride goes.
The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world next to the power of God.
A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute;
for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine.
Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see the perfect church.
Feel for others - in your pocket.
Find out how much God has given you and take from it what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
If our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those
with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch
or hamper us, I should say they are too small.
There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charitable expenditure excludes them.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
People who won't help others in trouble "because they got into trouble through their own fault"
would probably not throw a lifeline to a drowning man until they learned whether he fell in through his own fault or not.
Some people read their Bible in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to
read mine in the Holy Ghost.
If God is a reality, and the soul is a reality, and you are an immortal being, what are you doing with your Bible shut?
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