John Wesley Quotes (37 Quotes)


    I look upon all the world as my parish.

    I'd had the quintessential liberal arts experience, and I came out of college not having a clue of what to do,

    Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.

    Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can

    No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.


    Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that ''God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself',' but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.

    I look on all the world as my parish thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation

    I expect to pass through this world but once any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature, let me do it now let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

    That execrable sum of all villanies commonly called a Slave Trade.

    I am always in haste, but never in a hurry.

    The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.

    When I was young I was sure of everything in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.

    I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.

    Despite these previous meetings, we continue to see disturbance of the site beyond what was approved and have received complaints from area residents about the disturbance that is taking place.

    My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.

    Once in seven years I burn all my sermons for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.

    I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitfield set me an example on Sunday having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.

    Immediately it stuck into my mind, Leave off preaching. How can you preach to others, who have not faith yourself I asked Boehler, whether he thought I should leave it off or not. He answered By no means. I asked, But what can I preach He said, Preach faith till you have it and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.

    The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

    Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can

    I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America

    Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. 'Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.'

    I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.

    I was of the '60s, and there was an idealistic motivation I had at the time that one could make an impact on the social justice system by having a life within the law, ... At the risk of sounding flowery, I still believe that.


    When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.

    Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.


    Passion and prejudice govern the world only under the name of reason

    Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible

    The product manager is rules-driven and lets you build the parameters of your contract through user configuration, rather than computer programming.

    Beware that you are not swallowed up in books An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.

    When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.

    Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

    Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees

    The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities.



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