On Compromise:
"It is an inexpressible grief to me to see the church spending its energies in a vain attempt to lower its testimony to suit the ever-changing sentiment of the world about it" (Warfield)
"It may sometimes seem difficult to take our stand frankly by the side of Christ and His apostles. It will always be found safe." (Warfield)
"Taking the line of least resistance makes rivers and men crooked." (Anonymous)
On Free and Sovereign Grace:
"There is an impassable gulf fixed between those who hand the efficacy of Christ's work upon the 'free action of man's will,' and those who ascribe it all to God's free grace. They are of different religions." (Warfield)
"The grace of God does not find men fit for salvation, but makes them so." (Augustine)
"Who need fear men who is in league with God?" (John Trapp)
The Church's Stock-in-Trade:
"... The only true and worthy attraction that the Church has for the world is Christ's cross. We may gather people together, if we please, by fine sermons and gorgeous dresses. We may charm their ears with sweet music; but when we have done so, what have we accomplished more than might be done in the theatre or music-hall? And even if we delight their nostrils with the smell of incense, and their eyes with an abundance of flowers, what have we done more than could have been accomplished by the chemist or the florist. (Spurgeon)
Prayer:
"Let us ask ourselves whether we know anything of real prayer? Do we pray at all? Do we pray in the Name of Jesus, and as needy sinners? Do we know what it is to 'ask' and 'seek,' and 'knock' and wrestle in prayer, like men who feel it is a matter of life and death, and that they must have an answer? Or are we content with saying over some old form of words, while our thoughts are wandering, and our hearts are far away? Truly we have learned a great lesson when we have learned that 'saying prayers' is not praying." (Ryle)