Quotes by Patience Johnson

Love is not the foundation for marriage, people normally get married to someone they think, they are in love with. Can I say to you that love does not make marriage work, dont be fooled by that funny feeling, dont get married because you love someone. I love aircraft but I cant fly them, I failed two times my pilot license, I love cars but I failed two times in the driving school made it on the third time. I love diving but not yet ready to go to diving school.You can love something and still dont know how to do it. So love is not the problem but the knowledge.I still maintain love doesnt make marriage work but knowledge and understanding. . Acquire enough knowledge before going into it.

How do you handle, your time and Gods time? Does it mean that God can tell lies or that He doesnt know what He is telling you? Can God deceive a man? My answer to you is NO!But what happens if your time and His time doesnt agree?My bible says in Galatians 6:9 do not be weary in doing good; for in due season you shall reap, if you faint not.

Before God can lift you up, He will first knock you down. Go through it, I have been there many times. The most interesting part is when you look back and see how far He has brought you, you cant afford not to get up and keep on moving.

If you permit God to test you at the beginning, you will stand every trial for a long time. Dont plan to drive a Mercedes jeep as a boy and ride a bicycle in your adult age. Every trial given to you while you are young is made to prepare you for your old, age so that you can proclaim; I was young and now I am old, I have never seen the righteousness forsaken nor their children begging for bread.

No matter how holy you are, holiness does not take satan to hell, it just makes you a better person. Holiness makes you an instrument in the hand of God but your righteousness does not kill the devil.

Never let your fears ever stop you from living your life

I have tried a lot of things in my life minus one thing ..and that is doubting God. I am so sure of Him that I know that whenever I surrender He kicks in and takes over.

God promotes you based on your heart not based on your head. Your head might be right but if your heart is not right you will mess up the promotion. Men looks at the outward but God looks at the heart. From the heart flows the issues of life.

Always try to fix what is broken so that when the blessings come, you will be able to receive it. This generation does a lot of right things for wrong reasons.

Do not work at Walmart expecting to receive your salary from Microsoft.

In politics no permanent friends, no permanent enemies but permanent interest.

“Do you know where your breakthrough begins? Your breakthrough begins where your excuses ends.”

“There’s an interesting story about Abraham Lincoln. During the American Civil War he signed an order transferring certain regiments, but Secretary of War Edwin Stanton refused to execute it, calling the president a fool. When Lincoln heard he replied, ‘If Stanton said I’m a fool then I must be, for he’s nearly always right, and he says what he thinks. I’ll step over and see for myself.’ He did, and when Stanton convinced him the order was in error, Lincoln quietly withdrew it. Part of Lincoln’s greatness lay in his ability to rise above pettiness, ego, and sensitivity to other people’s opinions. He wasn’t easily offended. He welcomed criticism, and in doing so demonstrated one of the strengths of a truly great person: humility. So, have you been criticised? Make it a time to learn, not lose.”