John Wesley

Preach not doctrines, but Christ.

I am a debtor to all the world, to do all the good I can, in every place, to every soul.

I desire no other epitaph, than 'Here lies the friend of all, and the enemy of none.'

I have learned to suffer in silence, and not to make my complaints known to any but God.

I have been accounted a madman, a fool, a knave, a liar, a deceiver, and a devil.

I am not afraid of dying. I have no more fear of death than I have of lying down to sleep.

I am as much a High-Churchman as ever I was. And I hope to live and die so.

I have not lost a day since I was born.

I believe that all true Christians are brothers and sisters, whatever their denomination.

I have no doubt that God will be merciful to me, a poor miserable sinner.

I have often wondered that the generality of Christians should be so cold and indifferent in their religion.

My hair is much whiter than it was a year ago; but my eyes are not much dimmer, nor my natural strength much abated.

I am not afraid of being accounted an enthusiast. I am afraid of nothing but sin.

I have often thought that the reason why so few are saved, is, because so few are willing to be saved.

I have but one point in view, to promote, as far as I am able, vital, practical religion.

I have found that the more I pray, the more I have to pray for.

I am a man of one book.

I was much surprised to find that the Bishop of London, in his late Pastoral Letter, has taken occasion to caution the Clergy of his diocese against 'enthusiasm,' and to warn them against 'the new doctrine of regeneration by the Holy Ghost.'

I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power.

Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.