Quotes from Peter Marshall

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

The modern challenge to motherhood is the eternal challenge--that of being a godly woman. The very phrase sounds strange in our ears. We never hear it now. We hear about every other type of women: beautiful women, smart women, sophisticated women, career women, talented women, divorced women. But so seldom to we hear of a godly woman--or of a godly man either, for that matter. I believe women come nearer to fulfilling their God-given function in the home than anywhere else.

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we don't want to do it.

The proof of how real Jesus knew hell to be is that He came to earth to save us from it.

And so, this was the final major theme we found: that when a group of people, no matter how small or ordinary, was willing to die out to their selfish desires, the life which came out of that death was immeasurable, and continued to affect lives far into the future.

Never before in history had the world actually believed in the equality of man.

When we long for a live without difficulties, remind us that diamonds are made under pressure and oaks grow strong in contrary winds.

longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: "that God governs in the affairs of man." And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

God hasn't given up on you. He can still do great things for you, in you, and through you. God is ready and waiting and able.

Church members in too many cases are like deep sea divers, encased in the suits designed for many fathoms deep, marching bravely to pull out plugs in bathtubs.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

God hasn't given up on you. He can still do great things for you, in you, and through you. God is ready and waiting and able. What about you, and me?

Christianity is a power religion. Christ has the power to re-create men from the inside out, as every man who has ever met Him knows.

May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right.

I am growing more and more aware that all too often we preachers aim at nothing and hit it.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Let us not fool ourselves - without Christianity, without Christian education, without the principles of Christ inculcated into young life, we are simply rearing pagans.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Out of profound gratitude for my adopted country, I can only say that I would like in this land to live and die, and while I live to help other people as much as possible, believing that only in service to other people can I possibly express my gratitude for all that America has done for me.

The resurrection never becomes a fact of experience until the risen Lord lives in the heart of the believer.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.