The most intelligent hearers are those who enjoy most heartily the simplest preaching. It is not they who clamor for superlatively intellectual or aesthetic sermons. Daniel Webster used to complain of some of the preaching to which he listened. "In… — Austin Phelps Copy Share
Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion. — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement -… — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
The most intelligent hearers are those who enjoy most heartily the simplest preaching. It is not they who clamor for superlatively intellectual or aesthetic sermons. Daniel Webster used to complain of some of the preaching to which he listened. "In the house of God" he wanted to meditate "upon the simple varieties, and the undoubted facts of religion;" not upon… — Austin Phelps Copy Share
Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for… — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
We never feel Christ to be a reality, until we feel Him to be a necessity — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor. — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude.… — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
