“You made your own bed, and now curse others for putting you there.”

“When others fail to celebrate you, celebrate your own achievements.”

“A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.”

“Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?”

“How would you judge the lawfulness or unlawfulness of "pleasure?" Use this rule:Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sight of God, takes from you your thirst for spiritual things or increases the authority of your body over your mind, then that thing to you is evil.By this test you may detect evil no matter how subtly or how plausibly temptation may be presented to you.”

“Catch on fire and others will love to come watch you burn.”

“In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of His Son. Beware you do not get stuck in the work itself; if you do, it is all lost labor. Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul. Therefore, fix on Him in all, through all, and above all...Remember also to use all means as means-as ordained, not for their own sake...”