We never feel Christ to be a reality, until we feel Him to be a necessity

- Austin Phelps

Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for battle; the pilgrim's prepara…

- Austin Phelps

We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession.

- Austin Phelps

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

- Austin Phelps

Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possib…

- Austin Phelps

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

Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion.

- Austin Phelps

The most intelligent hearers are those who enjoy most heartily the simplest preaching. It is not they who clamor for superlatively intellectual or ae…

- Austin Phelps

It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an element…

- Austin Phelps