--- title: "1 Tuning Forks Quotes By S. D Gordon" description: "1 Tuning Forks quotes by S. D Gordon. Plus more from S. D Gordon and more Tuning Forks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/s-d-gordon-23207_forks_ideals-are-like-tuning-forks-sound-them_1228114.jpg" --- > [Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/ideals-are-like-tuning-forks-sound-them-often-to-bring-your-life-up/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/s-d-gordon-23207_forks_ideals-are-like-tuning-forks-sound-them_1228114.jpg) ## More by S. D Gordon > [If we lose the spirit of 'go,' we have lost the very Christian spirit itself. A disobedient church will become a dead church. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/if-we-lose-the-spirit-of-go-we-have-lost-the-very-christian-spirit/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/prayer-is-repeating-the-victor-s-name-jesus-into-the-ears-of-satan/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/steadfastness-that-is-holding-on-patience-that-is-holding-back/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [God's greatest agency; man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/god-s-greatest-agency-man-s-greatest-agency-for-defeating-the-enemy/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/the-greatest-thing-anyone-can-do-for-god-or-man-is-pray/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray. You can do more than pray after you have prayed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/the-greatest-thing-anyone-can-do-for-god-and-for-man-is-to-pray-you/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/one-should-never-initiate-anything-that-he-cannot-saturate-with-prayer/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/prayer-does-not-influence-god-prayer-surely-does-influence-god-it/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [It takes power for the man of God in the pulpit to speak plainly about particular sins before the faces of those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/it-takes-power-for-the-man-of-god-in-the-pulpit-to-speak-plainly/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/ideals-are-like-tuning-forks-sound-them-often-to-bring-your-life-up/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/jesus-is-god-spelling-himself-out-in-language-that-men-can-understand/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [Shoes divide men into three classes. Some men wear their father's shoes. They make no decisions of their own. Some are unthinkingly shod by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/shoes-divide-men-into-three-classes-some-men-wear-their-father-s/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [The way from God to a human heart is through a human heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/the-way-from-god-to-a-human-heart-is-through-a-human-heart/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [The real victory in all service is won in secret beforehand by prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/the-real-victory-in-all-service-is-won-in-secret-beforehand-by-prayer/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) > [The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/the-men-who-seem-to-know-most-of-god-s-power-have-had-great/) [S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tuning-forks/s-d-gordon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tuning Forks Quotes By S. D Gordon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "S. 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