Best and Unseen John Wesley Quotes

“The best thing of all is God is with us.”

― John Wesley

“Happy are they who are sick, yea, or lose their life, for having done a good work.”

 ― John Wesley

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

 ― John Wesley

“Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”

 ― John Wesley

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

 ― John Wesley

“I look upon the whole world as my parish.”

 ― John Wesley

“Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. “Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.””

 ― John Wesley

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

 ― John Wesley

“Go not to those who want you, but to those who want you most.”

 ― John Wesley

Best Quotes by John Wesley

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“Do all the good you can by all the means 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

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“Whether we think of; or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.” ― John Wesley

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

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“God is so great, that he communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for his service.” ― John Wesley

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“True humility is a kind of self-annihilation; and this is the center of all virtues.” ― John Wesley

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“One of the greatest evidences of God’s love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.” ― John Wesley

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

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“God is the first object of our love: Its next office is, to bear the defects of others. And we should begin the practice of this amidst our own household.” ― John Wesley

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“The best thing of all is God is with us.” ― John Wesley

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“Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason. It is our part, by religion and reason joined, to counteract them all we can.” ― John Wesley

 

 

John Wesley Famous Quotes

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“Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” ― John Wesley

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

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

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“Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. “Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.”” ― John Wesley

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“I look upon the whole world as my parish.” ― John Wesley

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“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” ― John Wesley

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“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

 

 

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

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“Go not to those who want you, but to those who want you most.” ― John Wesley

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

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“I would not tell one lie to save the souls of all the world.” ― John Wesley

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“I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.” ― John Wesley

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

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“God does not love men that are inconstant, nor good works that are intermitted. Nothing is pleasing to him, but what has a resemblance of his own immutability.” ― John Wesley

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“Happy are they who are sick, yea, or lose their life, for having done a good work.” ― John Wesley

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“All outward means of grace, if separate from the spirit of God, cannot profit, or conduce, in any degree, either to the knowledge or love of God. All outward things, unless he works in them and by them, are in vain.” ― John Wesley

John Wesley Quotes on Prayer

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

 

 

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

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“All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice.” ― John Wesley

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“God only requires of his adult children, that their hearts be truly purified, and that they offer him continually the wishes and vows that naturally spring from perfect love. For these desires, being the genuine fruits of love, are the most perfect prayers that can spring from it. It is scarce conceivable how strait the way is wherein God leads them that follow him; and how dependent on him we must be, unless we are wanting in our faithfulness to him.” ― John Wesley

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“Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down.” ― John Wesley

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“Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.” ― John Wesley

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

Prayer Quotes

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“To continual watchfulness and prayer ought to be added continual employment. For grace flies a vacuum as well as nature; and the devil fills whatever God does not fill.” ― John Wesley

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“On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.” ― John Wesley

John Wesley Quotes on Love

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“As the furious hate which the devil bears us is termed the roaring of a lion, so our vehement love may be termed crying after God.” ― John Wesley

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“Give me 100 men who hate nothing but sin and love God with all their hearts and I will shake the world for Christ!” ― John Wesley

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“Humility alone unites patience with love; without which it is impossible to draw profit from suffering; or indeed, to avoid complaint, especially when we think we have given no occasion for what men make us suffer.” ― John Wesley

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“The best means of resisting the devil is, to destroy whatever of the world remains in us, in order to raise for God, upon its ruins, a building all of love. Then shall we begin, in this fleeting life, to love God as we shall love him in eternity.” ― John Wesley

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“One of the greatest evidences of God’s love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.” ― John Wesley

Quotes on Grace

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“If we were not utterly impotent, our good works would be our own property; whereas now they belong wholly to God, because they proceed from him and his grace: While raising our works and making them all divine, he honors himself in us through them.” ― John Wesley

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“On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.” ― John Wesley

John Wesley Quotes on Forgiveness

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“I preached on the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith. While I was speaking, several dropped down as dead and among the rest such a cry was heard of sinners groaning for the righteousness of faith that it almost drowned my voice. But many of these soon lifted up their heads with joy and broke out into thanksgiving, being assured they now had the desire of their soul – the forgiveness of their sins.” ― John Wesley

John Wesley Quotes on God

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“The sea is an excellent figure of the fullness of God, and that of the blessed Spirit. For as the rivers all return into the sea; so the bodies, the souls, and the good works of the righteous, return into God, to live there in his eternal repose.” ― John Wesley

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“We scarce conceive how easy it is to rob God of his due, in our friendship with the most virtuous persons, until they are torn from us by death. But if this loss produces lasting sorrow, that is a clear proof that we had before two treasures, between which we divided our heart.” ― John Wesley

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“There is no faithfulness like that which ought to be between a guide of souls and the person directed by him. They ought continually to regard each other in God, and closely to examine themselves, whether all their thoughts are pure, and all their words directed with Christian discretion. Other affairs are only the things of men; but these are peculiarly the things of God.” ― John Wesley

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“God’s command to “pray without ceasing” is founded on the necessity we have of His grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can without air.” ― John Wesley

Best Prayer Quotes by John Wesley

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“Lord, I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will. Let be employed by You or laid aside for You, exalted for You or brought low by You. Let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily yield all things to Your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are mine and I am Yours. So be it. Amen.” ― John Wesley

Quotes on Sin

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“And indeed, there is no little sin, because there is no little God to sin against. In general, what to (humans) seems a small offense, to Him who knows the heart may appear a heinous crime.” ― John Wesley

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“It is hardly credible of how great consequence before God the smallest things are; and what great inconveniences sometimes follow those which appear to be light faults. As a very little dust will disorder a clock, and the least sand will obscure our sight, so the least grain of sin which is upon the heart will hinder its right motion towards God.” ― John Wesley

Other John Wesley Quotes

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“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

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“Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God.” ― John Wesley

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“As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.” ― John Wesley

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“The general rule of interpreting Scripture is this: the literal sense of every text is to be taken, if it be not contrary to some other texts. But in that case, the obscure text is to be interpreted by those which speak more plainly.” ― John Wesley

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“If I leave behind me 10 (pounds), you and all mankind bear witness against that I lived and died a thief and a robber.” ― John Wesley

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“You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most it is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.” ― John Wesley

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“My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great.” ― John Wesley

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

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“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