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Everything costs. There is a law of exchange that rules in every sphere of life. It is this, "to get, you must give." It rules in the business world. If I want a house or a hat I must give the sum agreed upon. It rules in the intellectual world. If a young man wants a disciplined mind he must give time, and close application, and some real, hard work. it holds true in the spirit realm. If you and I wish to have business transactions in this upper world of spirit-life we must be governed by this same law. To have power in our lives over sin and selfishness, and passion, and appetite; over tongue, and temper, and self-seeking ambition; to have power in prayer, and in winning others over from sin to Jesus Christ, one must first lay down the required price.

S. D. Gordon — S. D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Power, new and revised edition (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, by arrangement with Fleming H. Revell Company; copyright 1903), chapter "The Price of Power," section "The Law of Exchange," pp. 87–88

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S. D. Gordon, S. D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Power, new and revised edition (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, by arrangement with Fleming H. Revell Company; copyright 1903), chapter "The Price of Power," section "The Law of Exchange," pp. 87–88 (archive.org) - S. D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Power, new and revised edition (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, by arrangement with Fleming H. Revell Company; copyright 1903), chapter "The Price of Power," section "The Law of Exchange," pp. 87–88
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