--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By John Wesley" description: "19 Ifs quotes by John Wesley. Plus more from John Wesley and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/john-wesley-1398_ifs_if-doing-a-good-act-in-public-will-excit_888032.jpg" --- > [If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' Miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/if-doing-a-good-act-in-public-will-excite-others-to-do-more-good-then/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/john-wesley-1398_ifs_if-doing-a-good-act-in-public-will-excit_888032.jpg) > [Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/sing-lustily-and-with-a-good-courage-beware-of-singing-as-if-you-were/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/john-wesley-1398_courage_sing-lustily-and-with-a-good-courage-bew_892336.jpg) > [My talent is to speak my mind. God won't object if you bury that talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/my-talent-is-to-speak-my-mind-god-won-t-object-if-you-bury-that-talent/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/john-wesley-1398_god_my-talent-is-to-speak-my-mind-god-won-t_1446192.jpg) > [If we cannot think alike, at least we may love alike; and can anything but love beget love?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/if-we-cannot-think-alike-at-least-we-may-love-alike-and-can-anything/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/john-wesley-1398_alike_if-we-cannot-think-alike-at-least-we-may_798083.jpg) > [Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/once-in-seven-years-i-burn-all-my-sermons-for-it-is-a-shame-if-i/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/john-wesley-1398_ifs_once-in-seven-years-i-burn-all-my-sermon_528783.jpg) > [Lord, is it not Thy word, if any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God? Thou givest liberally, and upbraidest not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/lord-is-it-not-thy-word-if-any-man-lack-wisdom-let-him-ask-of-god/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-wesley-1398_asks_lord-is-it-not-thy-word-if-any-man-lack_470884.jpg) > [It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/it-is-good-to-renew-ourselves-from-time-to-time-by-closely-examining/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/john-wesley-1398_assurance_it-is-good-to-renew-ourselves-from-time_2730913.jpg) > [If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/if-i-had-300-men-who-feared-nothing-but-god-hated-nothing-but-sin-and/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/john-wesley-1398_christ_if-i-had-300-men-who-feared-nothing-but_103478.jpg) > [One of the principal rules of religion is, to lose no occasion of serving God. And, since he is invisible to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/one-of-the-principal-rules-of-religion-is-to-lose-no-occasion-of/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/john-wesley-1398_christian-service_one-of-the-principal-rules-of-religion-i_2534976.jpg) > [All outward means of grace, if separate from the spirit of God, cannot profit, or conduce, in any degree, either to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/all-outward-means-of-grace-if-separate-from-the-spirit-of-god-cannot/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6de/john-wesley-1398_degrees_all-outward-means-of-grace-if-separate-f_277053.jpg) > [If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/if-we-suffer-persecution-and-affliction-in-a-right-manner-we-attain-a/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/john-wesley-1398_abundance_if-we-suffer-persecution-and-affliction_2764435.jpg) > [ \[When I die\] if I leave behind me ten pounds...you and all mankind \[may\] bear witness against me, that I have lived… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/when-i-die-if-i-leave-behind-me-ten-pounds-you-and-all-mankind-may/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/john-wesley-1398_bears_when-i-die-if-i-leave-behind-me-ten-poun_988535.jpg) > [Nay, if there be any mistakes in the Bible, there may as well be a thousand. If there be one falsehood in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/nay-if-there-be-any-mistakes-in-the-bible-there-may-as-well-be-a/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/john-wesley-1398_bible_nay-if-there-be-any-mistakes-in-the-bibl_510788.jpg) > [Condemn no man for not thinking as you think. Let every one enjoy the full and free liberty of thinking for himself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/condemn-no-man-for-not-thinking-as-you-think-let-every-one-enjoy-the/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/john-wesley-1398_accounts_condemn-no-man-for-not-thinking-as-you-t_2092212.jpg) > [I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitfield set me an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-could-scarcely-reconcile-myself-at-first-to-this-strange-way-of/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/john-wesley-1398_church_i-could-scarcely-reconcile-myself-at-fir_3044932.jpg) > [Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/do-not-any-longer-contend-for-mastery-for-power-money-or-praise-be/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/john-wesley-1398_buried_do-not-any-longer-contend-for-mastery-fo_1808882.jpg) > [May we not say, that true zeal is not mostly charitable, but wholly so? That is, if we take charity in St.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/may-we-not-say-that-true-zeal-is-not-mostly-charitable-but-wholly-so/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/john-wesley-1398_certain_may-we-not-say-that-true-zeal-is-not-mos_2111602.jpg) > [ Try all things by the written word, and let all bow down before it. You are in danger of \[fanaticism\] every hour,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/try-all-things-by-the-written-word-and-let-all-bow-down-before-it-you/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/john-wesley-1398_all-things_try-all-things-by-the-written-word-and-l_324608.jpg) > [It is no marvel that the devil does not love field preaching! Neither do I; I love a commodious room, a soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/it-is-no-marvel-that-the-devil-does-not-love-field-preaching-neither/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/john-wesley-1398_christianity_it-is-no-marvel-that-the-devil-does-not_3130317.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by John Wesley > [I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-build-on-christ-the-rock-of-ages-on-his-sure-mercies-described-in/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [“I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-set-myself-on-fire-and-people-come-to-watch-me-burn/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/having-first-gained-all-you-can-and-secondly-saved-all-you-can-then/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/people-who-wish-to-be-offended-will-always-find-some-occasion-for/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [“Those without enough love experience rage, but love drives rage away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/those-without-enough-love-experience-rage-but-love-drives-rage-away/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [I reflected much on that vain desire, which had pursued me for so many years, of being in solitude in order to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-reflected-much-on-that-vain-desire-which-had-pursued-me-for-so-many/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [“By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/by-salvation-i-mean-not-barely-according-to-the-vulgar-notion/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/they-say-i-killed-six-or-seven-men-for-snoring-well-it-ain-t-true-i/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [“I had a sort of faith during my early life. But devils also have a sort of faith. Still, neither they nor I received…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-had-a-sort-of-faith-during-my-early-life-but-devils-also-have-a/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/preach-faith-till-you-have-it-and-then-because-you-have-it-you-will/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/do-all-the-good-you-can-in-all-the-ways-you-can-to-all-the-souls-you/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/if-i-had-300-men-who-feared-nothing-but-god-hated-nothing-but-sin-and/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [The case is this: God offers you one of the greatest mercies on this side of heaven and commands you to accept it. Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/the-case-is-this-god-offers-you-one-of-the-greatest-mercies-on-this/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/though-i-am-always-in-haste-i-am-never-in-a-hurry/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) > [In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/in-all-cases-the-church-is-to-be-judged-by-the-scripture-not-the/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/john-wesley/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By John Wesley", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' 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