John Wesley Short Quotes

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Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

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Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.

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As the more holy we are upon earth the more happy we must be.

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Read the most useful books, and that regularly and constantly.

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All worldly joys are less than that one joy of doing kindnesses.

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I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.

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

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Vice does not lose its nature, though it become ever so fashionable.

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Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.

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That execrable sum of all villainies, commonly called the Slave Trade.

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I went to America to convert the Indians; but oh, who shall convert me?

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In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.

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

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And now run the race which is set before thee, in the royal way of universal love.

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Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

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Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.

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A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety.

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Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth

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As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.

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

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I have this day lived fourscore years…God grant that I may never live to be useless!

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

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We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

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

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In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.

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No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.

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God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.

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The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible.

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

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Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.

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