D. L. Moody Quotes

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous.

We may not be able to do any great thing; but if each of us will do something, however small it may be, a good deal will be accomplised for God.

Son, there are times a man has to do things he doesn't like to, in order to protect his family.

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot.

We must have a warrant for our prayers. If we have some great desire, we must search the scriptures to find if it be right to ask it.

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.

Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.

To be tempted is not to sin. The strongest attacks are made on the strongest forts.

I like my way of doing things better than your way of not doing them.

The Bible without the Holy Spirit is a sundial by moonlight.

The voice of sin is loud, but the voice of forgiveness is louder.

We may easily be too big for God to use, but never too small.

I cannot convert men; I can only proclaim the Gospel

The Gospel of John opens with Jesus Christ in the bosom of God, and closes with the sinner in the bosom of Jesus Christ.

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!

Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.

The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the child of God. There must be light, else there could be no shadow. Jesus is the light. He has overcome death.

A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor is an important factor predisposing some people toward long life.

Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God.

Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people.

No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.

No man can resolve himself into Heaven.

Lust is the devil's counterfeit for love. There is nothing more beautiful on earth than a pure love and there is nothing so blighting as lust.

Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in money and you may have it taken from you, but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.

I would rather a thousand times be five minutes at the feet of Christ than listen a lifetime to all the wise men in the world.

Go through John's Gospel, and study the "believes," the "verilys," the " I ams; "and go through the Bible in that way, and it becomes a new book to you.

I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me.

God has two thrones, on in the highest heavens, the other in the lowliest heart.

Faith takes God without any ifs. If God says anything, faith says, "I believe it"; faith says, "Amen" to it.

If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent.

It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray.

The first thing a man must do if he desires to be used in the Lord's work, is to make an unconditional surrender of himself to God.

If our circumstances find us in God, we shall find God in all our circumstances.

Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words.

Satan is willing to have us worship anything, however sacred - the Bible, the crucifix, the church - if only we do not worship God Himself.

Attitudes determine our actions, for good or bad.

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.

How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a cold spirit of criticism in the church that they dare not do it.

Some men’s prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle.

Man is born with his face turned away from God. When he truly repents, he is turned right round toward God; he leaves his old life.

Character is what you are in the dark.

It is easier for me to have faith in the Bible than to have faith in D.L. Moody, for Moody has failed me lots of times.

I thank God that the gospel is to be preached to every creature. There is no man so far gone, but the grace of God can reach him; no man so desperate or black, but He can forgive him.

If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.

The last business of Christ's life was the saving of a poor penitent thief.

The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.

The fact is, we are leaky vessels, and we have to keep right under the fountain all the time to keep full of Christ, and so have fresh supply.

If you don't enter the kingdom of heaven by God's way, you cannot enter at all.