Inspirational Quotes by Assorted Authors

“A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.”

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”

“The Bible opens and closes with a wedding.”

“Marriage is an exclusive union between one man and one woman, publicly acknowledged, permanently sealed, and physically consummated.”

“I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution.”

“If every Christian is already considered a missionary, then all can stay put where they are, and nobody needs to get up and go anywhere to preach the gospel. But if our only concern is to witness where we are, how will people in unevangelized areas ever hear the gospel? The present uneven distribution of Christians and opportunities to hear the gospel of Christ will continue on unchanged.”

“The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the days when Robert Morrison landed in China to the martyrdom of John and Betty Stam, prayer has been the source of power and the secret of spiritual triumph.”

“As Caesar demands of us the stamp of his likeness, so does God also. And as we render money to the one, so we give our souls to the other, our souls enlightened and sealed with the light of His countenance.”

“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.”

“We are sinners simply because we choose to sin or live selfishly. We are never held accountable for what we are not the author of. Ability is always the measure of responsibility. God has given us the ability to direct our lives, either according to intelligence in recognition of our obligation to God and our fellowmen, or according to selfishness and unintelligence in the supreme seeking of our own happiness.”

“Can we follow the Savior far, who have no wound or scar?”

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”

“Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.”

“We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.”

“Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grave, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”

“The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.”

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

“To let politics become a cesspool, and then avoid it because it is a cesspool, is a double crime.”

“You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.”

“We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.”