129 Quotes by John Newton

I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself.

Though the island of Great Britain exhibits but a small spot upon the map of the globe, it makes a splendid appearance in the history of mankind, and for a long space has been signally under the protection of God and a seat of peace, liberty and truth.

So dress and conduct yourself so that people who have been in your company will not recall what you had on.

Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years

Every drop of rain hits its appointed target.

My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.

The art of spreading rumors may be compared to the art of pin-making. There is usually some truth, which I call the wire; as this passes from hand to hand, one gives it a polish, another a point, others make and put on the head, and at last the pin is completed.

But by the grace of God I am what I am

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.