"We must not be contented however with praying,……" — William Carey
"We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for."
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William Carey
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33 Quotes by William Carey
William Carey has 33 quotes on this site.
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Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.
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Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.
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I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.
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Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ.
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All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.
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Young man, sit down: when God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine.
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I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to…
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To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.
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William Carey chides his countrymen for deciding it would be impossible for the Gospel to travel over great distances and…
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When I left England, my hope of India's conversion was very strong; but amongst so many obstacles, it would die,…
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Without justification salvation is not of grace, but of works.
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Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are…
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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
— Joseph Addison
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Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the…
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To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but…
— Akhenaton
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Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the…
— Orison Swett Marden
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Government is emphatically a machine: to the discontented a taxing machine, to the contented a machine for securing property.
— Thomas Carlyle
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In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low,…
— Henry Highland Garnet
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What continues to astonish me about a garden is that you can walk past it in a hurry, see something…
— Dorothy Gilman
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Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you…
— John Hay
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Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find?…
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