Charles Simeon

“The first step to heaven is to know that we are on the way to hell.”

“My endeavour is to bring out of Scripture what is there, and not to thrust in what I think might be there.”

“The true way to be humbled is not to look at your sins, but to look at God.”

“I have a great jealousy on this head: never to speak my own words, but the words of God.”

“My rule is, never to look into a book to see what I can get to say; but to see what God has said.”

“In a word, I am what I am, through the grace of God.”

“To be humble, to be holy, is the great thing.”

“I would have my people come to Christ, not to me.”

“I love the praise of God, but I fear the praise of men.”

“I desire to be nothing, that Christ may be all in all.”

“My object is to show the whole counsel of God.”

“A minister's life is his best sermon.”

“The Christian's life is a life of warfare.”

“I have no hope but in the mercy of God in Christ Jesus.”

“My desire is to have my own will annihilated, and the will of God to be all in all.”

“There are two things I am most thankful for in my life; the first is that God never gives me all I ask for, and the second is that He always gives me all I need.”