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I'd had the quintessential liberal arts experience, and I came out of college not having a clue of what to do. — John Wesley

A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. A bullet to the back of the head demonstrates good judgement. — John Wesley Hardin

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. — John Wesley

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity. — John Wesley

The bible knows nothing of solitary religion. — John Wesley

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

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

Prayer is where the action is. — John Wesley

John Wesley said that if you give up the witchcraft, you must give up the Bible. He is right. The choice is easy for me. — Rupert Hughes

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

I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it. — John Wesley

When Poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaiden of piety, it shall attain not a poor perishable wreath, but a crown that fadeth not away. — John Wesley

Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. — John Wesley

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. — John Wesley

Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain. — John Wesley

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

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

God would first, by this inspiration of his Spirit, have wrought in our hearts that holy love without which none can enter into glory. — John Wesley

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

The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed. — John Wesley

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

We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others. — John Wesley

I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn. — John Wesley

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

I see the necessity of preaching a full and present salvation from all sin. — John Wesley

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

God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it. — John Wesley

Some have exalted religious fasting beyond all Scripture and reason; and others have utterly disregarded it. - JOHN WESLEY — Richard J. Foster

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

My talent is to speak my mind. God won't object if you bury that talent. — John Wesley

I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors. — John Wesley

My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others. — John Wesley

Oh Lord, let me not live to be useless. — John Wesley

I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me. — John Wesley

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

Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible. — John Wesley

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

Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul. — John Wesley

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life. — John Wesley

By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin ... by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin — John Wesley

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

God grant that I may never live to be useless! — John Wesley

God will do nothing but in answer to prayer. — John Wesley

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

The best of it is, God is with us. — John Wesley

Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn. — John Wesley

[When I die] if I leave behind me ten pounds ... you and all mankind [may] bear witness against me, that I have lived and died a thief and a robber. — John Wesley

There is no love of God without patience, and no patience without lowliness and sweetness of spirit. — John Wesley

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

The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. — John Wesley Powell

Think and let think. — John Wesley

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

Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes. — John Wesley

Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love. — John Wesley

Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn. — John Wesley

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

We are always open to instruction, willing to be wiser every day than we were before, and to change whatever we can change for the better. — John Wesley

Preach 90% Law and 10% grace. — John Wesley

Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire. — John Wesley

John Wesley's own grave holds the bones of many other people, including at least five ministers. One can only imagine the bickering. — Jared Brock

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

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

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

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

In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade. — John Wesley

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness. — John Wesley

Men of learning began to set experiments aside ... to form theories ... and to substitute these in the place of experiments. — John Wesley

The best thing of all is God is with us. — John Wesley

Catch on fire and others will love to come watch you burn. — John Wesley

I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field. — John Wesley

Give me 100 men that hate nothing but sin, and love Jesus Christ, and we'll shake England for God. — John Wesley

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples. — John Wesley

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

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

I look upon the whole world as my parish. — John Wesley

Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it. — John Wesley

I look upon all the world as my parish. — John Wesley

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

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

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

Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn. — John Wesley

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

I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation. — John Wesley

Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can — John Wesley

The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse. — John Wesley Powell

A sour religion is the devil's religion. — John Wesley

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

They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring. — John Wesley

Anything that cools my love for Christ is the world. — John Wesley

The best of all is God with us — John Wesley

Wine, one of the noblest cordials in nature. — John Wesley

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

Suffer all, and conquer all. — John Wesley

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

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

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

A man of one book, a student of many. — John Wesley

A meek spirit gives no trouble willingly to any: a quiet spirit bears all wrongs without being troubled. — John Wesley

He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment. — John Wesley

(not a shadow thereof, but a real degree, by the preventing grace of God,) — John Wesley