Methodists Quotes

• I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

  Countee Cullen

  Atmosphere, Conservative

  Countee Cullen, Gerald Lyn Early (1991). “My soul's high song: the collected writings of Countee Cullen, voice of the Harlem Renaissance”, Doubleday Books

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• The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

  Horace Walpole

  Bigs, Subjects, Sinner

  Horace Walpole, John Wright, George Agar-Ellis Dover (1st baron) (1840). “The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts”, p.272

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• I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.

  Aaron Neville

  Father, People, Catholic

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• An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Funny, Sports, Atheist

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• God bless the Methodist Church - bless all the churches - and blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth us the churches.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Blessed, Church

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.351, Wildside Press LLC

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• My dad was a Methodist minister.

  George McGovern

  Dad, Ministers, My Dad

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• If you can't trust a Methodist with absolute power to arrest people and not have to say why, then whom can you trust?

  Garrison Keillor

  People, Absolute Power, Absolutes

  "Mark Their Names". www.nytimes.com. October 02, 2006.

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• To me there's nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different and therefore the law shouldn't apply to us. Why not then say sharia can be applied to different parts of the country? It doesn't work.

  Trevor Phillips

  Country, Agency, Law

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• You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them

  Pat Robertson

  Religious, Nice, People

  "The 700 Club", January 14, 1991.

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• Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church.

  Wes Bentley

  Parent, Church, Grew

  "There Be Dragons Review, and Interview With Wes Bentley". Interview with Richard Karpala, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2011.

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• Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

  John Wesley

  Life, Motivational, Christmas

  'Rule of Conduct' in 'Letters' (1915)

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• My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great.

  John Wesley

  Fire, Supernatural Elements, People

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• My desire is to live more to God to-day than yesterday, and to be more holy this hour than the last.

  Francis Asbury

  God, Christian, Religious

  "Journal of Rev. Francis Asbury: Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church".

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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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• We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.

  Francis Asbury

  Religious, Jesus, Work

  Francis Asbury (1821). “The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church: From August 7, 1771, to December 7, 1815”, p.231

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• My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.

  Tori Amos

  Father, Beer, Corn On The Cob

  "Tori Amos: I'd start the day with three dozen oysters then a rare steak. I felt powerful on stage'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2011.

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• I don't care whether you're Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Muslim, or no religion at all. Jesus Christ still loves you. You still matter to God.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Buddhist, Love You

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.

  John Wesley

  Writing, Years, Shame

  'Journal' 1 September 1778

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• Paul points out that some say, 'I'm of Paul,' while others say, 'I'm of Apollos.' He asked, 'Isn't that carnal?' But what's the difference between saying that or saying, 'I'm a Baptist,' 'I'm a Presbyterian,' 'I'm a Methodist,' 'I'm a Catholic'? I have found that the more spiritual a person becomes, the less denominational he is. We should realize that we're all part of the Body of Christ and that there aren't any real divisions in the Body. We're all one.

  Chuck Smith

  Spiritual, Real, Differences

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• I am surrounded here by parsons and methodists, but as you will see, not infested with the mania.

  Lord Byron

  Atheism, Positive Atheism, Mania

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• I grew up a Baptist and went to seminary at Methodist school, Duke University, but I also don't worry too much about denominations. I love what John Wesley said - "If our hearts are together, let's not worry about whether our heads are together. If our hearts are together, then let's joins hands." So, I try to do that regardless of denominations.

  Randall Wallace

  Heart, School, Hands

  "Comparing “Heaven is for Real” with “God’s Not Dead” + an interview with “Heaven” writer/director Randall Wallace". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.

  Ray Charles

  Catholic, Baptists, Denominations

  "Ray Charles: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• It is a great privilege to meet inspiring leaders from different parts of the church - Catholic, Baptist, Salvation Army, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Methodist, and so many more - and discover that what unites us is infinitely greater than what divides us.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Army, Leader, Catholic

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• I'm neither Democrat nor Republican. I'm Methodist. I have grievances with both parties.

  Joseph Lowery

  Party, Republican, Grievance

  "Rev. Joseph Lowery, Author Ron Christie on 'FNS'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2006.

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• A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting.

  H. L. Mencken

  Depressing, Prayer, Dark

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.13, Knopf

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