To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.

in the things of God we must look not at the work which we are able to accomplish, but at the spirit in which it is undertaken, and that he can never be at a loss for words who has believed on the Word.

Jesus did not die just to save us from the penalty of sin, nor even just to make us holy in our standing before God. He died to purify for Himself a people eager to obey Him, a people eager to be transformed into His likeness.

Progressive sanctification is not a partnership with the Spirit in the sense that we each - the believer and the Holy Spirit - do our respective tasks. Rather, we work as He enables us to work. His work lies behind all our work and makes our work possible.

If we are to trust God, we must learn to see that He is continuously at work in every aspect and every moment of our lives.

Holiness and usefulness are linked together.

George MacDonald: "I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of. For to have been thought about—born in God's thoughts—and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking.

The only safe evidence that we are in Christ is a holy life.

He did so because that particular infirmity uniquely fits you for the life He has planned for you.

For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle.