Top 60 A. B. Simpson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.”

— A. B. Simpson

2. “Forget yourself and live for others, for It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

— A. B. Simpson

3. “The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer.”

— A. B. Simpson

4. “God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.”

— A. B. Simpson

5. “Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.”

— A. B. Simpson

6. “Difficulties and obstacles are God’s challenges to faith. When hindrances confront us in the path of duty, we are to recognize them as vessels for faith to fill with the fullness and all-sufficiency of Jesus.”

— A. B. Simpson

7. “When I cannot understand my Father’s leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.”

— A. B. Simpson

8. “As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”

— A. B. Simpson

9. “Prayer is the link that connects us with God.”

— A. B. Simpson

10. “A divided heart loses both worlds.”

— A. B. Simpson

11. “This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

— A. B. Simpson

12. “When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord.”

— A. B. Simpson

13. “When God wants to bring more power into our lives., He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction.”

— A. B. Simpson

14. “Before we can speak God’s message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.”

— A. B. Simpson

15. “The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.”

— A. B. Simpson

16. “All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.”

— A. B. Simpson

17. “I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.”

— A. B. Simpson

18. “Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares.”

— A. B. Simpson

19. “May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.”

— A. B. Simpson

20. “God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.”

— A. B. Simpson

21. “One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”

— A. B. Simpson

22. “The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”

— A. B. Simpson

23. “Warning: we may become so enamored with God’s good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.”

— A. B. Simpson

24. “One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.”

— A. B. Simpson

25. “The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.”

— A. B. Simpson

26. “You must have faith in God.”

— A. B. Simpson

27. “The safe place lies in obedience to God’s Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”

— A. B. Simpson

28. “God’s jewels are often sent us in rough packages and by dark liveried servants, but within we find the very treasures of the King’s palace and the Bridegroom’s Love.”

— A. B. Simpson

29. “God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God’s work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

— A. B. Simpson

30. “Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.”

— A. B. Simpson

31. “Aggressive Christianity is the world’s greatest need.”

— A. B. Simpson

32. “Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.”

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33. “One touch of Christ is worth a lifetime of struggling.”

— A. B. Simpson

34. “Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray.”

— A. B. Simpson

35. “All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.”

— A. B. Simpson

36. “Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world’s greatest need.”

— A. B. Simpson

37. “The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.”

— A. B. Simpson

38. “Be brave. Cowards always get hurt. Brave men generally come out unharmed.”

— A. B. Simpson

39. “We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.”

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40. “The difference between human heroes and sacred characters lies just in this: the man is just a man, but behind the man of God, God Himself is ever standing greater than the man and overshadowing him by His infinite and glorious presence.”

— A. B. Simpson

41. “Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”

— A. B. Simpson

42. “There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.”

— A. B. Simpson

43. “Have we forgotten that there is a Holy Ghost, that we must insist upon walking on crutches when we might fly?”

— A. B. Simpson

44. “I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love.”

— A. B. Simpson

45. “We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death.”

— A. B. Simpson

46. “We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”

— A. B. Simpson

47. “I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord’s coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

— A. B. Simpson

48. “Christ rises above all things.”

— A. B. Simpson

49. “If God’s Word is not absolutely and completely true, it is too weak a cable to fix our anchorage and guarantee our eternal peace.”

— A. B. Simpson

50. “The religion of the Bible is wholly supernatural.”

— A. B. Simpson