George Whitefield Quotes

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• Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

  George Whitefield

  Humble, Thinking, Littles

  John Gillies, George Whitefield (1839). “Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield”, p.61

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• Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

  George Whitefield

  Study, Knows

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• We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts

  George Whitefield

  Heart, Christ

  George Whitefield (2000). “George Whitefields's Journals”, p.222, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• John Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of Hell. There he asked, "Are there any Presbyterians here?" "Yes!", came the answer. Then he asked, "Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any Methodists?" The answer was Yes! each time. Much distressed, Wesley was then ushered to the gates of Heaven. There he asked the same question, and the answer was No! "No?" To this, Wesley asked, "Who then is inside?" The answer came back, "There are only Christians here."

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Dream, Heaven

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• If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

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• True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide behind their own good works. This is the reason that self-righteous people are so angry with gospel preachers, because the gospel does not spare those who will not submit to the righteousness of Jesus Christ!

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Mean, Self

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• What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

  George Whitefield

  Spiritual, Moon, Heaven

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• The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day.

  George Whitefield

  Prayer, Believer, True Believer

  George Whitefield (1828). “Sermons on important subjects ... With a memoir of the Author by S. Drew; and a dissertation on his character, preaching, etc., by Joseph [or rather Josiah] Smith”, p.485

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• Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

  George Whitefield

  Inspirational, Journey, Strive

  George Whitefield (1812). “Seventy-five Sermons on Various Important Subjects: In this Complete Collection is Included the Eighteen Sermons Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Gurney. And to which is Now Added, a Sermon of the Character, Preaching, &c. of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield”, p.158

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• It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Spiritual, Giving

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• God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

  George Whitefield

  Spiritual, Christ, Hours

  George Whitefield (1904). “Selected Sermons”

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• If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.

  George Whitefield

  Lying, Practice, Danger

  George Whitefield (1772). “The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published: with a Select Collection of Letters... Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed; Prepared by Himself for the Press; to which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life, Compiled from His Original Papers and Letters”, p.27

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• I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

  George Whitefield

  Cat, Eggs, Pieces

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• Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Christ

  George Whitefield (1771). “The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield ...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published ; with a Select Collection of Letters Written to His Most Intimate Friends, and Persons of Distinction, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, from the Year 1734, to 1770 ; Including the Whole Period of His Ministry ; Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed”, p.407

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• I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word. This proved meat indeed and drink indeed to my soul. I daily received fresh life, light and power from above.

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  Bible, Christian, Book

  George Whitefield (2000). “George Whitefields's Journals”, p.27, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome.

  George Whitefield

  Heaven, Temptation, Affliction

  George Whitefield (1832). “Sermons”, p.758

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• Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

  George Whitefield

  Men, Dead Man, Lifeless

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• A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ.

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  Faith, God, Christian

  George Whitefield (1771). “The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published: with a Select Collection of Letters... Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed; Prepared by Himself for the Press; to which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life, Compiled from His Orignial Papers and Letters”, p.47

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• True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people.

  George Whitefield

  Law, People, Soul

  George Whitefield (1828). “Sermons on important subjects ... With a memoir of the Author by S. Drew; and a dissertation on his character, preaching, etc., by Joseph [or rather Josiah] Smith”, p.369

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• The Christian world is in a deep sleep; nothing but a loud shout can awaken them out of it!

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  Christian, Sleep, World

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• Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death.

  George Whitefield

  Death, Inspirational Life, Care

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• I would rather wear out than rust out.

  George Whitefield

  War, Rust, Total War

  George Whitefield, G. B. (1829). “The Revived Puritan. Select Works of ... G. W., ... Containing a Memoir of His Life, Etc. [Edited by G. B.]”, p.90

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• My prayer today is that God would make me an extraordinary Christian.

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Prayer, Today

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• Come poor, lost, undone sinner, come just as you are to Christ.

  George Whitefield

  Christ, Poor, Undone

  "Force of Fantasy: Restoring the American Dream" by Ernest Bormann, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (p. 73), 1985.

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• Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.

  George Whitefield

  Christmas, Christian, Jesus

  George Whitefield (1771). “The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield ...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published ; with a Select Collection of Letters Written to His Most Intimate Friends, and Persons of Distinction, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, from the Year 1734, to 1770 ; Including the Whole Period of His Ministry ; Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed”, p.173

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