181 Quotes by Thomas J. Watson

Though God is the fountain of grace – yet the saints are the pipes which transmit the living streams to others.

If God should show mercy only to such as deserve it, he must show mercy to none.

First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.

We may hold the world as a posy in our hand, but it must not lie too near our heart.

No flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one.

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.

Take every word as spoken to yourselves. When the word thunders against sin, think thus: “God means my sins;” when it presseth any duty, “God intends me in this.” Many put off Scripture from themselves, as if it only concerned those who lived in the time when it was written; but if you intend to profit by the word, bring it home to yourselves: a medicine will do no good unless it be applied.

Neither deficiencies nor disappointments, losses nor crosses, can cause disquieting discontents in that bosom where faith is commander in chief.

Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.