Insightful Quotes

“Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God, and the body in which it dwells is worth all it will cost, since it is abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mothers heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, to her most tender cares, to her life-long prayers! Oh how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!” Elizabeth Prentiss’ Stepping Heavenward (Stolen from Amy’s blog)

Christ, the Son of God became the Son of Man so that we, who are sons of men, may become the sons of God. John Calvin (Brought to my notice by Beryl Snowball)

A naturally bright person can carry on religious activity without a special gift from God. Filling church pulpits every week are some who are using only natural abilities and special training. A W Tozer

Clothes are not meant to make people think about what is under them. Clothes are meant to direct attention to what is not under them: merciful hands that serve others in the name of Christ, beautiful feet that carry the gospel where it is needed, and the brightness of a face that has beheld the glory of Jesus. John Piper

Readers may send me their favourite quotes. If your quotes impress me, they will be published.