Quotes from Peter Marshall

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.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

A man walks on through life - with the external call ringing in his ears but with no response stirring in his heart, and then suddenly, without any warning, the Spirit taps him on the shoulder. What happens? He turns 'round. The word 'repentance' means 'turning 'round.' He repents and believes and is saved.

I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one's home or the peace of one's mind.

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.