We can best repent our neglect of the Holy Spirit by neglecting Him no more. Let us begin to think of Him as One to be worshiped & obeyed. Let us throw open every door & invite Him in. Let us surrender to Him every room in the temple of our hearts & insist that He enter
—AW Tozer
The best answer to anger is silence.
—Marcus Aurelius
The Sabbath is the best of days; no other day is like it. And the church is the meeting of God with His people; no other gathering can take its place or compensate for its loss.
—Herman Bavinck
The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.
—Albert Einstein
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
—Carl Jung
Lord, if it be most for thy glory, let me proceed in it; but if thou seest that it will in any wise hinder my usefulness in thy cause, oh prevent my proceeding…all I want, respecting this world, is such circumstances as may best capacitate me to do service for God in the world.
—David Brainerd
Consider what heavy burdens death will ease your shoulders of.
Death is the best physician; it will cure you of all diseases at once.
—John Flavel
Still good advice (whether pocket Bibles or phones):
In everyone’s life many minutes each day are lost, waiting for meals, riding on trains, etc. … Carry a pocket Bible with you, and save those golden moments by putting them to the very best use, listening to the voice of God.
—R. A. Torrey
Any one of us, no matter how outcast or vile, can go boldly into the Holy of Holies on the ground of the shed blood, and the best man or woman that ever walked this earth can meet God on no other ground than the shed blood.
—R. A. Torrey
Our studied speeches do not reveal what we are, but what we would like to be; but our idle words, that we drop accidentally, they are the best revelation of what is there in our hearts.
—R. A. Torrey
“The best church that ever Christ had on earth would within a few years apostatise from the truth if deserted by the Spirit of God.”
“The Bible is not only good but better than the best of treasure.”
— Charles Spurgeon
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
—Ernest Hemingway
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the best and purest forms of joy is rest after labor.
—Leo Tolstoy
To think of parting with peace, health, liberty, relations, wives, children; it is offensive, heavy, and grievous to the best of the saints: but their souls cannot bear the thoughts of parting with Jesus Christ; such a thought is cruel as the grave.
—John Owen
To think of parting with peace, health, liberty, relations, wives, children; it is offensive, heavy, and grievous to the best of the saints: but their souls cannot bear the thoughts of parting with Jesus Christ; such a thought is cruel as the grave.
—John Owen
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.
—George Washington
A sense of my unworthiness and unfitness so weighs me down, that I have often thought it would be best for me to retire. But I know these are all suggestions of the enemy. Why should I distrust omnipotence?
—George Whitefield
A sense of my unworthiness and unfitness so weighs me down, that I have often thought it would be best for me to retire. But I know these are all suggestions of the enemy. Why should I distrust omnipotence?
—George Whitefield
There are a lot of evil people around, and that’s because they have no friends. Communication with people – with mom, grandmother, a dog – is the best thing that happens to you in this life. Not counting shoes and bags, of course.
—Taras Shevchenko
The best way to make a progress in religion, is to persist in, and to improve on the means we enjoy.
—George Whitefield
Men’s actions are the best guides to their thoughts.
—John Locke
A person’s character is best revealed when he describes the character of another person.
—Taras Shevchenko
Sometimes, the best defense is to stay out of range.
—Peter R. Rose
If you see somebody coming to save your soul, the best thing you can do is run for your life.
—Peter R. Rose