John Wesley Quotes - Page 3

Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth of self and pride. The hatred of the carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove: Give me a tender heart, resigned, And pure, and full of faith and love.

Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.

It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had never done it before; for nothing tends more to the full assurance of faith, than to keep ourselves by this means in humility, and the exercise of all good works.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

The bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God.

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

For as long as love takes up the whole heart, what room is there for sin therein?

God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

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

Anything that cools my love for Christ is the world.

When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!

My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others.

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.

Employ whatever God has entrusted you with, in doing good, all possible good, in every possible kind and degree.

Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus

Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.

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

Untold millions are still untold.

If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, I would set the world on fire.

Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength.

It is the work of God alone to justify, to sanctify, and to glorify.

The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.

One of the principal rules of religion is, to lose no occasion of serving God. And, since he is invisible to our eyes, we are to serve him in our neighbour; which he receives as if done to himself in person, standing visibly before us.