Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around

Here is the death of human pride. Beside the glory of Christ, all human titles are of no importance and all human claims become ridiculous.

A man can be saved and not believe in the Doctrines of Grace...but he must be a very proud man. Unknown-but if you know who said it, please tell me You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

Christians find in God a source of moral strength that helps us to lead better lives than those we would have led without Him, still it would be arrogant and ignorant to claim that unbelievers don't often lead good moral lives—in fact, sometimes lives that put ours to shame.

No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I, and none abuse it more than I have done, and still do.

23rd May, 1872.—There seems but little prospect of Christianity spreading by ordinary means among Mohamadans. Their pride is a great obstacle, and is very industriously nurtured by its votaries. No new invention or increase of power on the part of Christians seems to disturb the self-complacent belief that ultimately all power and dominion in this world will fall into the hands of Moslems.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due