When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.