Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats
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.
Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.
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.
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.”
The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.
There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.
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.
When your will is God's will, you will have your will.
You may fear that the Lord has passed you by, but it is not so: he who counts the stars, and calls them by their names, is in no danger of forgetting his own children. He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature he ever made, or the only saint he ever loved. Approach him and be at peace.
Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.
You and I cannot be useful if we want to be sweet as honey in the mouths of men. God will never bless us if we wish to please men, that they may think well of us. Are you willing to tell them what will break your own heart in the telling and break theirs in the hearing? If not, you are not fit to serve the Lord. You must be willing to go and speak for God, though you will be rejected.
It's a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us.
My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, HE is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon 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 now doing for me. Hallelujah!
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
God has so made man's heart that nothing can ever fill it but God himself.
God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' but, 'Is it true?'
Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.
May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock!
Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might.
Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.
The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?
When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.
We cannot always trace God's hand but we can always trust God's heart.
If you wish to know God, you must know his Word. If you wish to perceive His power, you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.
Every generation needs regeneration
Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.
The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.
It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?
God helps those who cannot help themselves.
Patience! patience! You are always in a hurry, but God is not.
A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port
Right is right though all condemn, and wrong is wrong though all approve.
The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.
Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don't know where we are going, we know with whom we go.
Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.
God gave us sleep to remind us we are not him.
Christians are not so much in danger when they are persecuted as when they are admired.
That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.
