"Can one serve God and one's nation in…" — William Wilberforce
"Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?"
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60 Quotes by William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce has 60 quotes on this site.
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Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.
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I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of…
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Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success.
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Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go…
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Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.
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If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our…
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There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word…
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No one expects to attain to the height of learning, or arts, or power, or wealth, or military glory, without…
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Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalized… because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack,…
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God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners…
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It is the distinguishing glory of Christianity not to rest satisfied with superficial appearances, but to rectify the motives, and purify…
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Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern…
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More God Quotes
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
— Aristotle
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from…
— Aristotle
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
— Aristotle
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about…
— Karen Armstrong
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and…
— Karen Armstrong
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I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is…
— Karen Armstrong
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Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail…
— Johann Arndt
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
— Arthur Ashe
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
— Isaac Asimov
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
— Francis of Assisi
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
— Francis of Assisi
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
— Francis of Assisi
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