Quotes

• It is easier to cry against one-thousand sins of others than to kill one of your own. - John Flavel
• When the will of God crosses the will of man, somebody has to die. - Addison Leitch, quoted in Passion and Purity, Elizabeth Elliot, Revell, 1984, p. 72
• What hindereth thee more than thine affections not fully mortified to the will of God? - Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ
• “May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God’s presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of my self as a vessel for Him to fill full of His Spirit and His love.” - Andrew Murray
• Quarterback cum ESPN commentator Joe Theismann, allegedly explaining to his soon-to-be-ex second wife why he had an affair: “God wants Joe Theismann to be happy.” - Joe Theismann
• “God, make me good, but not yet.” - St. Augustine
• D. L. Moody once said, ‘I’ve had more trouble with D. L. Moody than any other man I’ve ever known.’ Thomas a’ Kempis said, ‘Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish yourself to be.’ - Harold L. Myra, “The Back Page,” Leadership, 1987, p. 146.