“Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.”

“I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!”

“First impressions never have a second chance.”

“Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.”

“If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word.”

“To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,Gives, in your weakness, strength unto your foe,And so your follies fight against yourself.Fear, and be slain--so worse can come to fight;And fight and die is death destroying death,Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.”

“You must not thinkThat we are made of stuff so fat and dullThat we can let our beard be shook with dangerAnd think it pastime.”

“Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won.”