Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend one human soul whom we can trust utterly who knows the best and worst of us and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

The world goes up and the world goes down the sunshine follows the rain and yesterdays sneer and yesterdays frown can never come over again.

Be good sweet maid and let who will be clever.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self control diligence and strength of will cheerfulness and content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Every duty that is bidden to wait comes back with seven fresh duties at its back.

There are two freedoms the false where a man is free to do what he likes the true where he is free to do what he ought.

Better is old wine than new and old friends like wise.

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken, it can rarely be put back together in exactly the same way.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell

If I am ever obscure in my expressions, do not fancy that therefore I am deep. If I were really deep, all the world would understand, though they might not appreciate. The perfectly popular style is the perfectly scientific one. To me an obscurity is a reason for suspecting a fallacy.

Possession means to sit astride the world instead of having it astride of you.

Songwriting is my gift from God.

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

I frankly don't care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

Humanity is the sin of God.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land.

When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see.

'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.