The cross is laid on every Christian. It begins with the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Discipleship
Our Lord made discipleship hard and lost many prospective followers because he called them to a pilgrimage, not a parade – to a fight, not to a frolic.
— Vance Havner
Discipleship
There are no crown wearers in heaven, who were not cross bearers on earth.
— C. H. Spurgeon