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> [There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterably dishonest that theft is to them a master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/there-are-men-so-incorrigibly-lazy-that-no-inducement-that-you-can/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

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> [There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterately dishonest that theft is to them a master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/there-are-men-so-incorrigibly-lazy-that-no-inducement-that-you-can-2/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

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## More by William Booth

> [There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/there-are-different-kinds-of-fire-there-is-false-fire-no-one-knows/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/a-man-s-labor-is-not-only-his-capital-but-his-life-when-it-passes-it/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/it-is-against-stupidity-in-every-shape-and-form-that-we-have-to-wage/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [Most Christians would like to send their recruits to Bible college for five years. I would like to send them to hell for five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/most-christians-would-like-to-send-their-recruits-to-bible-college/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/faith-and-works-should-travel-side-by-side-step-answering-to-step/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [If I thought I could win one more soul to the Lord by walking on my head and playing the tambourine with my toes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/if-i-thought-i-could-win-one-more-soul-to-the-lord-by-walking-on-my/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [There appears to be a deeply embedded uneasiness in our culture about throwing away junk that can be reused. Perhaps, in part, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/there-appears-to-be-a-deeply-embedded-uneasiness-in-our-culture-about/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to the very end!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/while-there-remains-one-dark-soul-without-the-light-of-god-i-ll-fight/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/god-loves-with-a-great-love-the-man-whose-heart-is-bursting-with-a/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [If you want to change the future, then you are going to have to trouble the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-you-are-going-to-have-to/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [Some men's passion is for gold. some men's passion is for art. some men's passion is for fame. my passion is for souls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/some-men-s-passion-is-for-gold-some-men-s-passion-is-for-art-some-men/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/if-there-is-anything-of-power-in-the-salvation-army-today-it-is/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [“The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/the-chief-danger-that-confronts-the-coming-century-will-be-religion/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [Your days at the most cannot be very long, so use them to the best of your ability for the glory of God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/your-days-at-the-most-cannot-be-very-long-so-use-them-to-the-best-of/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

> [Without excuse and self-consideration of health or limb or life, true soldiers fight, live to fight, love the thickest of the fight, and die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/without-excuse-and-self-consideration-of-health-or-limb-or-life-true/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

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