BOLDNESS
Oh, my brethren! bold-hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards. 499.149
You and I cannot be useful if we want to be sweet as honey in the mouths of men.
God will never bless us if we wish to please men, that they may think well of us. Are
you willing to tell them what will break your own heart in the telling and break
theirs in the hearing? If not, you are not fit to serve the Lord. You must be willing to
go and speak for God, though you will be rejected. 1431.488
Opposers will call your determination obstinacy; but never mind, your firmness is
the stuff of which martyrs are made. In a wrong case, a strong will creates
incorrigible rebels; but if it be sanctified, it gives great force to character, and
steadfastness to faith. 3277.556
As the profane take the liberty to force their irreligion upon you, so you take the
liberty to force your religion upon them. 3399.152