Top 160 John Wesley Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways 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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2. “Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.”

— John Wesley

3. “The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.”

— John Wesley

4. “Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.”

— John Wesley

5. “God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.”

— John Wesley

6. “What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.”

— John Wesley

7. “I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation.”

— John Wesley

8. “I look upon all the world as my parish.”

— John Wesley

9. “Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul.”

— John Wesley

10. “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

11. “Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.”

— John Wesley

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12. “Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself?”

— John Wesley

13. “We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.”

— John Wesley

14. “Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.”

— John Wesley

15. “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

16. “I have never known more than fifteen minutes of anxiety or fear. Whenever I feel fearful emotions overtaking me, I just close my eyes and thank God that He is still on the throne reigning over everything and I take comfort in His control over the affairs of my life.”

— John Wesley

17. “Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can.”

— John Wesley

18. “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

19. “Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment. Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.”

— John Wesley

20. “You have one business on earth – to save souls.”

— John Wesley

21. “Prayer is where the action is.”

— John Wesley

22. “Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.”

— John Wesley

23. “God grant that I may never live to be useless!”

— John Wesley

24. “Give me one hundred men who love only God with all their heart and hate only sin with all their heart and we will shake the gates of hell and bring in the kingdom of God in one generation.”

— John Wesley

25. “The best of it is, God is with us.”

— John Wesley

26. “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

27. “Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.”

— John Wesley

28. “Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.”

— John Wesley

29. “When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.”

— John Wesley

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

— John Wesley

31. “Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.”

— John Wesley

32. “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

33. “If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, I would set the world on fire.”

— John Wesley

34. “Untold millions are still untold.”

— John Wesley

35. “My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others.”

— John Wesley

36. “People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.”

— John Wesley

37. “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

38. “The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.”

— John Wesley

39. “God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.”

— John Wesley

40. “Let me do all the good I can, to all the people I can, as often as I can, for I shall not pass this way again.”

— John Wesley

41. “Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth.”

— John Wesley

42. “If we cannot think alike, at least we may love alike; and can anything but love beget love?”

— John Wesley

43. “Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.”

— John Wesley

44. “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

45. “Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.”

— John Wesley

46. “The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.”

— John Wesley

47. “It is no marvel that the devil does not love field preaching! Neither do I; I love a commodious room, a soft cushion, a handsome pulpit. But where is my zeal if I do not trample all these underfoot in order to save one more soul?”

— John Wesley

48. “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

49. “I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God’s creational intentions.”

— John Wesley

50. “The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.”

— John Wesley