If God is spending work upon a Christian, let him be still and know that it is God. And if he wants work, he will find it there--in the being still.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: Natural Law, Growth, p. 137.
The stature of the Lord Jesus was not itself reached by work, and he who thinks to approach its mystical height by anxious effort is really receding from it.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: Natural Law, Growth, p. 127.
Whenever you attempt a good work you will find other men doing the same kind of work, and probably doing it better. Envy them not.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: The Greatest Thing in the World.
Take into your new sphere of labour, where you also mean to lay down your life, that simple charm, Love, and your life-work must succeed. You can take nothing greater, you need take nothing less. It is not worth while going if you take anything less.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: The Greatest Thing in the World, p. 17.
The man who gets ahead is the man who works while others sleep.