85 Best John Wesley Quotes to Inspire Action

1. “I am never in a hurry, because I never undertake more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.” – John Wesley

2. “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.” – John Wesley

3. “You have one business on earth – to save souls.” – John Wesley

4. “God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.” – John Wesley

5. “If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then ‘Let your light shine to all.’ Miss no opportunity to do good.” – John Wesley

6. “Making an open stand against all the ungodliness and unrighteousness which overspreads our land as a flood is one of the noblest ways of confessing Christ in the face of His enemies.” – John Wesley

7. “Absolute perfection belongs not to man, nor to angels, but to God alone.” – John Wesley

8. “Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.” – John Wesley

9. “The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.” – John Wesley

10. “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.” – John Wesley

11. “I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.” – John Wesley

12. “Anything that cools my love for Christ is the world.” – John Wesley

13. “Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may.” – John Wesley

14. “The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.” – John Wesley

15. “Get all you can without hunting your soul, your body, or your neighbor. Save all you can, cutting off every needless expense. Give all you can. Be glad to give, and ready to distribute; laying up in store for yourselves a good foundation against the time to come, that you may attain eternal life.” – John Wesley

16. “When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.” – John Wesley

17. “Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.” – John Wesley

18. “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.” – John Wesley

19. “Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.” – John Wesley

20. “Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.” – John Wesley

21. “Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment. Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.” – John Wesley

22. “Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can.” – John Wesley

23. “Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.” – John Wesley

24. “The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.” – John Wesley

25. “Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.” – John Wesley

26. “And now run the race which is set before thee, in the royal way of universal love.” – John Wesley

27. “Do not impute to money the faults of human nature.” – John Wesley

28. “Is it sinless? It is not worth while tocontend for a term It is “salvation from sin.” – John Wesley

29. “You have nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend and be spent in this work.” – John Wesley

30. “Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.” – John Wesley

31. “Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” – John Wesley

32. “I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation.” – John Wesley

33. “I have no objection to instruments of music in our worship, provided they are neither seen nor heard.” – John Wesley

34. “A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety.” – John Wesley

35. “No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.” – John Wesley

36. “There is no love of God without patience, and no patience without lowliness and sweetness of spirit.” – John Wesley

37. “none can trust in the merits of Christ, till he has utterly renounced his own.” – John Wesley

38. “I see the necessity of preaching a full and present salvation from all sin.” – John Wesley

39. “The glories and the beauties of form, color and sound unite in the Grand Canyon – forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop; from cataract to bubbling fountain.” – John Wesley

40. “Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.” – John Wesley

41. “Let me daily grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” – John Wesley

42. “Give me 100 preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God; such alone will shake the gates of hell.” – John Wesley

43. “My talent is to speak my mind. God won’t object if you bury that talent.” – John Wesley

44. “Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn.” – John Wesley

45. “Employ whatever God has entrusted you with, in doing good, all possible good, in every possible kind and degree.” – John Wesley

46. “I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.” – John Wesley

47. “Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion.” – John Wesley

48. “Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.” – John Wesley

49. “Faith is the divine evidence whereby the spiritual man discerneth God, and the things of God.” – John Wesley

50. “He’s got everything – good vision, his speed, his shot, all those intangibles that you need to be a superstar in this league. He has it all.” – John Wesley

51. “How is it more for the glory of God to save man irresistibly, than to save him as a free agent, by such grace as he may either concur or resist?” – John Wesley

52. “I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God’s creational intentions.” – John Wesley

53. “Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.” – John Wesley

54. “Untold millions are still untold.” – John Wesley

55. “Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.” – John Wesley

56. “In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.” – John Wesley

57. “God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.” – John Wesley

58. “Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn.” – John Wesley

59. “My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.” – John Wesley

60. “The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself and less from others.” – John Wesley

61. “Think and let think.” – John Wesley

62. “No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and express terms, than Arminius has done.” – John Wesley

63. “I look on all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation.” – John Wesley

64. “The bottom of the soul may be in repose, even while we are in many outward troubles; just as the bottom of the sea is calm, while the surface is strongly agitated.” – John Wesley

65. “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.” – John Wesley

66. “Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.” – John Wesley

67. “Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and loved by God and me….of what importance is your character to mankind, if you was buried just now. Or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God.” – John Wesley

68. “We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.” – John Wesley

69. “The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.” – John Wesley

70. “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” – John Wesley

71. “Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.” – John Wesley

72. “Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.” – John Wesley

73. “Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst of the pain, from being afflicted by Him who loves us, and whom we love.” – John Wesley

74. “Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.” – John Wesley

75. “Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself?” – John Wesley

76. “Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.” – John Wesley

77. “I want to know one thing: The way to Heaven. How to land safe on that happy shore.” – John Wesley

78. “At four in the afternoon, I submitted to be more vile and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation.” – John Wesley

79. “Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul.” – John Wesley

80. “Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.” – John Wesley

81. “It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. A reading people will always be a knowing people. ” – John Wesley

82. “I look upon all the world as my parish.” – John Wesley

83. “Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.” – John Wesley

84. “I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.” – John Wesley

85. “What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.” – John Wesley

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