The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.

I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.

We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more.

Valid criticism does you a favor.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.