Holiness is not the way to Christ, but Christ is the way to holiness.
Someone has figured that we have thirty-five thousands laws trying to enforce the Ten Commandments.
When there is no thirst for righteousness, the sermons seem dry.
A holy life is a voice—it speaks when the tongue is silent and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.
Sanctification requires consecration without reservation.
Purity in the heart produces power in the life.
Separate yourself from fellowship with the world, or the world will separate you from fellowship with God.
If you want to smell like a rose, stay out of the barnyard.
Unholy living follows unbelieving thinking.
The more we’re attracted by Christ, the less we’ll be attracted by the world.
The Christian is not ruined by living in the world but by the world living in him.
You cannot walk with God and run with the devil.
The world is whatever cools your affection for Christ.
Christians who move the world are those who do not let the world move them.
Godly talk does not always imply godly walk.
It is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
A retreat from the wrong direction is the only wise move in the right direction.
Keeping away from the mire is better than washing it off.
You are either leaving your mark on the world, or the world is leaving its mark on you.
He does not love what is good who does not hate what is evil.
Master that sin in your heart or it will master you.
Christianity is worth little if it doesn’t change your life-style.
If your room is dark, it could be for one of two reasons—the sun isn’t shining or the window is dirty.
You can wash the windows—you can’t make the sun shine.
Religious practices may induce a form of piety, but never will they produce purity.
Attachment to Christ is the real secret of detachment from the world.
The world wants good mixers; God wants good separators.
War is the result of the polluted and perverted nature of man.
Our own dirt always seems cleaner.
A “holy week” is meaningless to an unholy life.
True holiness is doing God’s will with a smile.
Worldly values are poor investments—they never pay what they promised.
If God approved of today’s permissiveness, He would have given us the “Ten Suggestions.”
Garments of righteousness never go out of style.
Love will endure if you keep it pure.
Keep out of your life all that will keep Christ out of your mind.
Loose living gets many people into tight places.
Lie down with the dogs and you will get up with fleas.
Pollution of the heart is man’s greatest ecological problem.
It takes holy citizens to make a holy city.
Trash isn’t made—it accumulates.
The early church had its greatest impact on the world when it lived least like the world.
Holiness is living that pleases God.
There is nothing as tragic as combining high mentality with low morality.
Righteousness in your heart produces beauty in your character.