The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough tostare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -- William James

The Church is the only society on earth that exists for thebenefits of non-members. -- William Temple

A life making mistakes is not only more honorable but moreuseful than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Bernard Shaw

Do not be discouraged at your faults; bear with yourself incorrecting them, as you would with your neighbor. Lay aside thisardor of mind, which exhausts your body, and leads you to commiterrors. Accustom yourself gradually to carry prayer into allyour daily occupations. Speak, move, work, in peace, as if youwere in prayer, as indeed you ought to be. -- François Fénelon

A fault, once denied, is twice committed. -- Thomas Fuller

When looking at faults, use a mirror, not a telescope. -- Yazid Ibrahim

Never let mistakes or wrong directions, of which every man fallsinto many, discourage you. There is precious instruction to begot by finding where we were wrong. -- Thomas Carlyle

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. -- Edward John Phelps

The Church is an organism that grows best in an alien society. -- C. Stacey Woods

The Bible as a whole speaks more of God's holiness than of Hislove. -- Walter Chantry

In the final analysis our great problem with holiness is notthat our concepts of holiness are feeble, but that our heartsare rebellious. We are selfish, that's our problem. And thefact that we often won't admit our selfishness shows how deepthe pride goes. -- Floyd McClung

The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influencein the world next to the power of God. -- Blaise Pascal

The more man becomes irradiated with the divinity of Christ, themore, not the less, truly he is man. -- Phillips Brooks

A true love of God must being with a delight in his holiness,and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no otherattribute is truly lovely without this. -- Jonathan Edwards

A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthousesblow no horns; they only shine. -- Dwight L. Moody

Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see the perfectchurch. -- J. C. Ryle

Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see the perfectchurch. -- J. C. Ryle

Feel for others - in your pocket. -- Charles H. Spurgeon

Find out how much God has given you and take from it what youneed; the remainder is needed by others. -- St. Augustine of Hippo

If our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., isup to the standard common among those with the same income asour own, we are probably giving away too little. If ourcharities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say theyare too small. There ought to be things we should like to doand cannot because our charitable expenditure excludes them. -- C. S. Lewis

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. -- Winston Churchill

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. -- Erich Fromm

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves notothers, lives unblest. -- Henry Home

God never intended His Church to be a refrigerator in which topreserve perishable piety. He intended it to be an incubator inwhich to hatch our converts. -- F. Lincicome

Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutuallyhelp, counsel, and advise. -- Thomas à Kempis

Charity is, indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and whenit is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as thatis possible; for it is charity which makes the man. -- John Chrysostom

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid eachother. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore thatneed aid have a right to ask it of their fellow-men; and no onewho has the power of granting it can refuse it without guilt. -- Walter Scott

People who won't help others in trouble "because they got intotrouble through their own fault" would probably not throw alifeline to a drowning man until they learned whether he fell inthrough his own fault or not. -- Sydney J. Harris

If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there isanything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -- Edgar Watson Howe