George Whitefield

“Others may preach the gospel better than I, but no one can preach a better gospel.”

“The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have had dead men preaching to them.”

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

“Let my name be forgotten, let me be trodden down of men, if Jesus Christ may be exalted.”

“We are all born Arminians. It is grace that turns us into Calvinists.”

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

“Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of Thy work.”

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

“If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed.”

“Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.”

“I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God.”

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

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

“Man is a fallen creature, he is not only sick, but he is dead in trespasses and sins.”