No matter how unskilled the preacher or how he feels about his sermon, the word of the Lord is never uttered in vain. It may sprout forth immediately, it may lay dormant for many years, it may simply serve to harden the soil, but it will not return empty. The Word is always working.
— Kevin DeYoung
We might preach till our tongues rotted, till we should exhaust our lungs and die, but never a soul would be converted unless there were mysterious power going with it – the Holy Ghost changing the will of man.
We must never reckon that we are fit for anything in God’s service, unless we have the spirit of entire dependence upon Him. If we once begin to rely upon our own ability, our own strength, or our own learning, then we shall fail in the service of God.
— C.H. Spurgeon
There are some preachers who cannot or do not preach about the blood of Jesus Christ, and I have one thing to say to you concerning them: Never go to hear them! Never listen to them!
— C.H. Spurgeon
I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. And then when I slept or drank Wittenberg beer with my friend Philip of Amsdorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that never a prince or emperor did such damage to it. I did nothing: the Word of God did it all.
— Martin Luther
Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.
—Thomas Aquinas
And from the time we are accepted through the Beloved, reconciled to God through His blood, He loves, and blesses, and watches over us for good, even as if we had never sinned.
—John Wesley
What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.
—Cicero
He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth
—Tozer
It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.
—Thomas Jefferson
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
—Aristotle
Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don’t believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
So let us praise Him now, though it may be from under the harrow, from the depths, from anywhere. We shall never have the chance again to love Him in the peace of a great contentment, with the word ringing in our ear, And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Me.
—Amy Carmichael
“If you want to try your luck at speculation, put aside a portion—the smaller the better—of your capital in a separate fund for this purpose… Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account, nor in any part of your thinking.”
— Benjamin Graham
“Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.”
A soul doth never glorify or honour Christ upon a discovery or sense of the eternal redemption he hath purchased for him, but it is in him a peculiar effect of the Holy Ghost as our comforter.
—John Owen
“Though we are accustomed to hear the gospel often, it never loses its charm.”
— Charles Spurgeon
He who listens to what others say about him will never be at peace.
—Leo Tolstoy
You must never stop on the path to self-perfection. As soon as you feel more interest in the external world than your soul, you’ve stopped.
—Leo Tolstoy
Morality of itself, dear Sir, will never carry us to heaven; no, Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life.
—George Whitefield
“A dusty Bible ought never to be in your house.”
— Charles Spurgeon
This world’s problems can never be solved by those who make this world the object of their desires.
—J. Gresham Machen
Never forget the good that people have done for you; tell others about it and try to repay them with good as well.
—Leo Tolstoy
While I continue in the body, I shall never be perfect. But O what room is there for growth in grace, what space for advancement.
—William Wilberforce
“We must stand by our Bible, never giving way.”
— Charles Spurgeon
If a person only thinks about himself and seeks his own benefit in everything, he’ll never be happy. If you want to live for yourself, live for others. Seneca
—Leo Tolstoy
“God will never bring to mind again the sin of that man who he has pardoned.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“We must never so evangelize the outside mass as to forget to fold and feed those within.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Our sins are gone. He cast them into his own tomb, and they are buried there, never to have a resurrection.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Preach Christ’s life as much as you will, but never apart from his death.
For it is by his blood that we are redeemed.”
— Charles Spurgeon