Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue. Let them favor and take… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
True practical Christianity (never let it be forgotten) consists in devoting the heart and life to God; in being supremely and habitually… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Oh Lord, purify my soul from all its stains. Warm my heart with the love of thee, animate my sluggish nature and… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
To the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
No man has a right to be idle. Where is it that in such a world as this, that health, and leisure,… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us,… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Some bolder spirits, indeed, might be expected to despise the cautious moderation of these timid reasoners, and to pronounce decisively, that the Bible was… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
“God Almighty has set before me two Great Objects: the supression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.” — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated. The name of Jesus… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality). — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our way across the world,… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Its guilt therefore in these cases, is not to be measure by its effects on the happiness of mankind; nor is it to be… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
