Dwight L. Moody Quotes - Page 7

It is a wonderful fact that men and women saved by the blood of Jesus rarely remain subjects of charity, but rise at once to comfort and respectability... I never saw a man who put Christ first in his life that wasn't successful.

In Proverbs we read: 'He that winneth souls is wise.' If any man, women, or child by a godly life and example can win one soul to God, his life will not have been a failure. He will have outshone all the mighty men of his day, because he will have set a stream in motion that will flow on and on forever and ever.

There is no use in running before you are sent; there is no use in attempting to do God's work without God's power. A man working without this unction, a man working without this anointing, a man working without the Holy Ghost upon him, is losing time after all.

A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough today to last him for the next 6 months, nor can he inhale sufficient air into his lungs with one breath to sustain life for a week to come. We are permitted to draw upon God's store of grace from day to day as we need it.

Every time you walk a mile to church and carry a Bible with you, you preach a sermon a mile long.

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.

God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges

If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.

No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.

It is clear you don't like my way of doing evangelism. You raise some good points. Frankly, I sometimes do not like my way of doing evangelism. But I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it.

Thanks be to God, there is hope to-day; this very hour you can choose Him and serve Him.

The reward of service is more service.

There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It is a very rare thing to find a man or woman that is following closely the footsteps of the Master in meekness and humility.

Next to the wonder of seeing my Savior will be, I think, the wonder that I made so little use of the power of prayer.

A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it.

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

Character is what you are in the dark.

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

When the Spirit came to Moses, the plagues came upon Egypt, and he had power to destroy men's lives; when the Spirit came upon Elijah, fire came down from heaven; when the Spirit came upon Gideon, no man could stand before him; and when it came upon Joshua, he moved around the city of Jericho and the whole city fell into his hands; but when the Spirit came upon the Son of Man, He gave His life; He healed the broken-hearted.

We must have a warrant for our prayers. If we have some great desire, we must search the scriptures to find if it be right to ask it.

A good example is far better than a good precept.

The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered.

If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous.

I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.