102 Quotes by William Wilberforce

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).

The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.

Let everyone regulate his conduct . . . by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea! There is nothing in which I would advise you to be more strictly conscientious than in keeping the Sabbath day holy. I can truly declare that to me the Sabbath has been invaluable.

Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.

Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized nations, to the conduct of the world around us, or to the monitor within the breast; whether we read, or hear, or act, or think, or feel, the same humiliating lesson is forced upon us.

If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.