The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure not.

— Ellen G. White

The name 'Seventh-day Adventist' carries the true features of our faith in front and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God's law, and will lead to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

— Ellen G. White

The perfection of Christian character depends wholly upon the grace and strength found alone in God.

— Ellen G. White

There is not a point that needs to be dwelt upon more earnestly, repeated more frequently, or established more firmly in the minds of all than the impossibility of fallen man meriting anything by his own best good works. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

— Ellen G. White

The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.

— Ellen G. White

The warnings given to the Hebrews against assimilating with the heathen were not more direct or explicit than are those forbidding Christians to conform to the spirit and customs of the ungodly.

— Ellen G. White

The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.

— Ellen G. White

Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises.

— Ellen G. White

Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, Goethe about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.

— Ellen G. White

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. Furthermore, it is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.

— Ellen G. White