John Wesley

Methodist Founder English 1703 – 1791

Founder of Methodism; preached grace and holiness.

382 quotes

"I am resolved to do my duty and leave consequences with God."
Courage
"Where is the Lord? He is in my heart."
Faith
"To the law and to the testimony."
Truth
"I would be glad if every soul in England would read the entire Book of God."
Knowledge
"Christianity is the religion of love."
Love
"The harvest truly is plentiful."
Hope
"God's work done in God's way will not lack God's supply."
Faith
"I want the people called Methodists to be Bible Christians."
Faith
"Affliction is the bane of cowardice, but the trysting-place of saints."
Perseverance
"The God of love is willing to do good to all men."
Love
"You cannot serve the God you love and the gold you hoard in the same breath."
Money
"Do you know yourself? Know your nature, sinful and helpless."
Wisdom
"Pain is a real problem in this life, but we must not dwell on it."
Strength
"I have a pretty call to fall on my knees before that God who has done such great things for me."
Gratitude
"Repentance is a thorough change of mind in regard to sin."
Change
"Goodness is not sufficiently secured by forbearance from doing harm."
Kindness
"The Bible is a book worth all other books."
Literature
"Whoever it be that loveth God truly, keepeth the law of God."
Faith
"I am always ready to do the best I can for my country."
"In every man's heart, there is a longing for something."
Dreams
"Reason is the natural faculty by which we discern truth from falsehood."
Knowledge
"Never be solitary without devotion, never be in company without charity."
Kindness
"The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness."
Truth
"I wonder why all this work of God is not more noticed in the world."
Inspiration
"Let your conversation be always full of grace."
Kindness
"I cannot understand how anyone can deny that there is a God."
Faith
"The world will never be converted to God unless the Holy Ghost be in the conversion."
Faith
"A Christian is the highest style of man."
Wisdom
"Real religion is always a practical thing."
Faith
"If I were a man of so much learning, I would sit down in a corner and weep."