--- title: "1 Life Divided Quotes By William Barclay" description: "1 Life Divided quotes by William Barclay. Plus more from William Barclay and more Life Divided sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/william-barclay-7864_activity_here-is-an-eternal-truth-life-cannot-be_561340.png" --- > [Here is an eternal truth. Life cannot be divided into compartments in some which God is involved and in others of which he is not involved... The fact is that God does not need to be invited into certain departments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/here-is-an-eternal-truth-life-cannot-be-divided-into-compartments-in/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/william-barclay-7864_activity_here-is-an-eternal-truth-life-cannot-be_561340.png) ## More by William Barclay > [The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/the-christian-man-must-aim-at-that-complete-obedience-to-god-in-which/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/real-repentance-means-coming-not-only-to-be-sorry-for-the/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [There is a time when to avoid trouble is to store up trouble, and when to seek for a lazy and a cowardly peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/there-is-a-time-when-to-avoid-trouble-is-to-store-up-trouble-and-when/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/when-we-believe-that-god-is-father-we-also-believe-that-such-a-father/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/the-only-way-to-get-our-values-right-is-to-see-not-the-beginning-but/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [The Christian is called upon to be the partner of God in the work of the conversion of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/the-christian-is-called-upon-to-be-the-partner-of-god-in-the-work-of/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/pride-is-the-ground-in-which-all-the-other-sins-grow-and-the-parent/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [Every discouraging sermon is a wicked sermon... There could hardly be a more un-Christian way of living than to go about in such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/every-discouraging-sermon-is-a-wicked-sermon-there-could-hardly-be-a/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [God does not choose a person for ease and comfort and selfish joy but for a task that will take all that head and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/god-does-not-choose-a-person-for-ease-and-comfort-and-selfish-joy-but/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to wait on God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/instead-of-our-petulant-fretful-irritable-human-hastiness-we-should/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/in-the-time-we-have-it-is-surely-our-duty-to-do-all-the-good-we-can/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/religion-fails-if-it-cannot-speak-to-men-as-they-are/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/we-have-a-duty-to-encourage-one-another-many-a-time-a-word-of-praise/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [True prayer is asking God what He wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/true-prayer-is-asking-god-what-he-wants/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) > [Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barclay/christian-freedom-does-not-mean-being-free-to-do-as-we-like-it-means/) [William Barclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barclay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-divided/william-barclay/#itemlist", "name": "1 Life Divided Quotes By William Barclay", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here is an eternal truth. 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