--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By William Booth" description: "10 Ifs quotes by William Booth. Plus more from William Booth and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/william-booth-11758_future_if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-yo_778293.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/william-booth-11758_future_if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-yo_778293.png) > [Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/can-we-go-too-fast-in-saving-souls-if-anyone-still-wants-a-reply-let/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/william-booth-11758_asks_can-we-go-too-fast-in-saving-souls-if-an_1146875.png) > [If I thought I could win one more soul to the Lord by walking on my head and playing the tambourine with…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/william-booth-11758_ifs_if-i-thought-i-could-win-one-more-soul-t_492069.png) > [If Moses had operated through committees the Israelites never would have got across the Red Sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/if-moses-had-operated-through-committees-the-israelites-never-would/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/william-booth-11758_committees_if-moses-had-operated-through-committees_2944180.png) > [You cannot warm the hearts of people with God's love if they have an empty stomach and cold feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/you-cannot-warm-the-hearts-of-people-with-god-s-love-if-they-have-an/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/william-booth-11758_cold_you-cannot-warm-the-hearts-of-people-wit_970658.png) > [If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/william-booth-11758_adoration_if-there-is-anything-of-power-in-the-sal_817645.png) > [Secular music, do you say, belongs to the devil? Does it? Well, if it did I would plunder him for it, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/secular-music-do-you-say-belongs-to-the-devil-does-it-well-if-it-did/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/william-booth-11758_devil_secular-music-do-you-say-belongs-to-the_2494880.png) > [I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/i-will-tell-you-the-secret-god-has-had-all-that-there-was-of-me-there/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/william-booth-11758_adoration_i-will-tell-you-the-secret-god-has-had-a_1238701.jpg) > [To get a man soundly saved it is not enough to put on him a pair of new breeches, to give him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/to-get-a-man-soundly-saved-it-is-not-enough-to-put-on-him-a-pair-of/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/william-booth-11758_divine_to-get-a-man-soundly-saved-it-is-not-eno_3166798.jpg) > [Let the business of the world take care of itself... My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/let-the-business-of-the-world-take-care-of-itself-my-business-is-to/) [William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/william-booth-11758_able_let-the-business-of-the-world-take-care_2293907.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-booth/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By William Booth", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to change the future, then you are going to have to trouble the present.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Booth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-you-are-going-to-have-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/william-booth-11758_future_if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-yo_778293.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/william-booth-11758_future_if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-yo_778293.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/william-booth-11758_future_if-you-want-to-change-the-future-then-yo_778293.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want to change the future, then you are going to have to trouble the present.” — William Booth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Can we go too fast in saving souls? 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