Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.
A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.
God will not be behind-hand in love to us: for our drop, we shall receive an ocean.
Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God’s Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.
Our murmuring is the devil’s music.
What if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin.
The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.
Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.
How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.
The world rings changes, it is never constant but in its disappointments. The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home?
How soon are we broken on the soft pillow of ease! Adam in paradise was overcome, when Job on the dunghill was a conqueror.
None so empty of grace as he that thinks he is full.
God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity.
Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.
Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones.
The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God’s people.
If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand of its men unconditional loyalty, Watson believed.
The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.
If you don’t genuinely like your customers, chances are they won’t buy.