George Whitefield Quotes
True faith is never found alone; it is always accompanied by expectation.
A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.
Seek not to grow in grace whilst thou dost hide in the earth like a mole in the dark, for grace and sin dwell not in one heart.
Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some men seem to think… It is wounding work.
God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.
When you go out to preach, bid people to believe in Christ. Do not plead for controversial religion, but for the simplest, plainest truths like a child.
You must be deeply convinced of your own weakness and inability to save yourself.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Love is the greatest ingredient in all of our service. If we love the Lord, we will love souls and long to see them saved.
So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.
If the fire is not hot enough to burn sin, it will not be hot enough to burn snares.
Make it a rule, and pray to God to help you to keep it, never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, I have made one human being, at least, a little wiser, or a little happier, or at least a little better this day.
Our prayers will be measured by our earnestness and our earnestness by our apprehension of the value of heavenly things.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
We are immortal till our work is done.
Now let me ask you, my hearers, whether you belong to any secret societies? What do you think of secret prayer, family worship, prayer-meetings, and the public means of grace?
To be full of the spirit of prayer, is to be filling up your own, and the church’s, lack both in person and in things.
Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.
When we are weak, then we are strong!
I am content to wait till the judgment day for the clearing up of my reputation; for I am certain that I shall then have an ample one.
If we really had an opinion of the worth of souls, we should not see less done for their salvation; rather we should see all the world in a flame.
Sin may induce sorrow, but only Christ can remove it.
Keep close to the throne of grace and wicked spirits will be far from you.
Defend the poor and the fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.
A great preacher is always full of the spirit of prayer.
Keep all earthly treasures out of your hearts, and endeavor to send them before you to heaven.
It is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart.
Beware of counterfeits of the works of God.
A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine.
The chief ways of profaning the Lord’s Day are useless lounging, gossiping, and worldly thoughts and conversation.
Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind.
The morning is the gate of the day and should be well guarded with prayer.
For what is the loving purpose of our Father, Who is perfect love? It is the perfecting or making us holy.
Other men’s business may be yours, but not their sins.
Lord, if Thou canst have use for such a clod as I am, I am willing to live. And when Thou hast no more use for me, I am ready to die.
It were a thousand times better for thee this day to die a dog’s death by sunstroke than that thou shouldst live to be a blasphemer.
We are immortal till our work is done.
The reason why many have not felt much of the spirit of prayer is because they have never studied it, as well as practiced it.
When a man saves himself, he has destroyed himself.
We should always order our speech with grace.
Water will freeze fire; it is cold webbing rain, which can do it.
Why, I would crawl upon my hands and knees over burning sand to the furthest part of the Indies for one such opportunity.
Once more, I say, the only way to be saved is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Did nothing but just serve the devil all our lives till the last week of our breath, yet Jesus bled to death for our salvation.
Take away religious instruction, and who will ensure the next generation from idolatry and wickedness?
God will take His own way to teach His people. He has His sponge to wipe out with and His fire to cleanse with, and He will use them.
Have you ever seen a dog that is sneaking stray? It is not sure that he will be received anywhere. Now, many men come just like that to Christ.
Preparation for the pulpit starts in the closet.
It is not the great things of Christianity that are so difficult to study; it is the small things.
Serving God does not consist only in long prayers and religious conversations, as many think. It consists in righteousness and true holiness.