John Wesley

"I am always afraid of nothing so much as of mending."

"Health is a blessing that money cannot buy."

"The best helps to religion are the writings of the Mystics."

"I have no property to leave behind me, but I have left a method."

"I am not afraid; I have known Christ these forty years."

"Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to thy cross I cling."

"Sorrow is the cure of sin; but it is dangerous."

"The distinguishing marks of a Methodist are not his opinions of any sort."

"Whatever is force is not morality; true morality is persuasion."

"The church exists for nothing else but to convert the world."

"A true Christian cannot but earnestly desire the good of all men."

"Employ whatever God has entrusted you with, in doing the most good you possibly can."

"Pain is the result of sin, and suffering is the cure of it."

"Public diversions are not in themselves sinful, unless when they are the instruments of sin."

"I dare not omit, add to, or alter any part of the deposit committed to me."

"The Gospel of Christ knows of no religion but social; no holiness but social holiness."

"A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

"I look upon the world as my parish; thus far I mean only that I cannot charge any particular brother with anything wrong on this head."

"Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm."

"Examine yourself whether you be in the faith."

"I want the whole Christ for my Saviour, the whole Bible for my book, and the whole church for my fellowship."

"Adversity is the nurse of greatness."

"Take up your cross and follow me."

"The more we know of God, the more active shall we be in his service."

"It is a matter of great regret that we have suffered our people to be ignorant."

"What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace."

"The main end of education is not so much to teach what to think, as how to think."

"I am a man of one book."

"Humility is the first Christian grace."

"The God I worship is not a distant God."