William Carey Quotes

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.

I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.

Expect great things from God, receive great things from God. Expect little from God, receive little from God.

Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.

To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.

The future is as bright as the promise of God.

I will venture to go... but remember that you must hold the ropes.

Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ.

I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God

The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer.

There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.

Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?

If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity.

I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse.

One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.

You have been saying much about Dr. Carey and his work. When I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey; speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour.

When I left England, my hope of India's conversion was very strong; but amongst so many obstacles, it would die, unless upheld by God. Well, I have God, and His Word is true. Though the superstitions of the heathen were a thousand times stronger than they are, and the example of the Europeans a thousand times worse; though I were deserted by all and persecuted by all, yet my faith, fixed on the sure Word, would rise above all obstructions and overcome every trial. God's cause will triumph. (William Carey, quoted in Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope, Banner of Truth 1971, p 140.)

We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.

A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own; he is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, a little before his departure, commissioned his apostles to Go, and teach all nations; or, as another evangelist expresses it, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation. They accordingly went forth in obedience to the command, and the power of God evidently wrought with them.

Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.

The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer; and it is in this way, we have the greatest reason to suppose, that the glorious out-pouring of the Spirit, which we expect at last, will be bestowed.