Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Lettie Cowman

Sorrow is God's plowshare that turns up and subsoils the depths of the soul, that it may yield richer harvests. If we had never fallen, or were in a glorified state, then the strong torrents of Divine joy would be the normal force to open up all our souls' capacities; but in a fallen world, sorrow, with despair taken out of it, is the chosen power to reveal ourselves to ourselves. Hence it is sorrow that makes us think deeply, long, and soberly.

I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn.

Our character is determined by what we do if every restraint were removed.

Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.

When God wants to make a man, he puts him into some storm.

Never yield to gloomy anticipation. Place your hope and confidence in God. He has no record of failure

In times of uncertainty, wait. Always, if you have any doubt, wait. Do not force yourself to any action. If you have a restraint in your spirit, wait until all is clear, and do not go against it.

We have so much patience with ourselves, why not borrow some of that and use it on others.

There is a spiritual law of choosing, believing, abiding, and holding steady in our walk with God, which is essential to the working of the Holy Spirit either in our sanctification or healing.

The worker is far more important to our Lord than the work.

It is such a comfort to drop the tangles of life into God's hands and leave them there.

Faith has nothing to do with circumstances, it deals entirely with the Word of God.

Do not limit the limitless God! With Him, face the future unafraid because you are never alone.

God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. Sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But, if we turn away from the gloom, and take up the tasks and duties to which God calls us, the light will come again, and we shall grow stronger.

The man who forms the habit of beginning without finishing has simply formed the habit of failure.

God delights to disappoint man's fears.

In the deep jungles of Africa, a traveler was making a long trek. Coolies had been engaged from a tribe to carry the loads. The first day they marched rapidly and went far. The traveler had high hopes of a speedy journey. But the second morning these jungle tribesmen refused to move. For some strange reason they just sat and rested. On inquiry as to the reason for this strange behavior, the traveler was informed that they had gone too fast the first day, and that they were now waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies.