William Booth quotes

William Booth was a British Methodist preacher and the founder of The Salvation Army. His innovative approach combined evangelism with social work to help the poor and marginalized. He devoted his life to combating poverty and spreading compassion around the world. Here are 16 of his quotes:

Go for souls and go for the worst. (William Booth)
The greatness of the man's power is the measure of his surrender. View quote
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The chief danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell. View quote
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Without excuse and self-consideration of health or limb or life, true soldiers fight, live to fight, love the thickest of the fight, and die in the midst of it. View quote
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Let the business of the world take care of itself ... My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the standing still of the looms and the shutting up of the factories, and the staying of the sailing of the ships, let them all stand still. When we have got everybody converted they can go on again, and we shall be able to keep things going then by working half time and have the rest to spend in loving one another and worshipping God. View quote
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We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown. View quote
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The Army of the Revolution is recruited by the Soldiers of Despair. Therefore, down with any Scheme which gives men Hope. In so far as it succeeds it curtails our recruiting ground and reinforces the ranks of our Enemies. Such opposition is to be counted upon, and to be utilised as the best of all tributes to the value of our work. Those who thus count upon violence and bloodshed are too few to hinder, and their opposition will merely add to the momentum with which I hope and believe this Scheme will ultimately be enabled to surmount all dissent, and achieve, with the blessing of God, that measure of success with which I verily believe it to be charged. View quote
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Why should the Devil have all the best tunes? View quote
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Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea! View quote
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But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? View quote
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Work as if everything depended upon work and pray as if everything depended upon prayer. (William Booth)
As long as women suffer as they do I will fight! As long as little children hungering go, as they now do, I will fight. View quote
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Let the business of the world take care of itself ... My business is to get the world saved. View quote
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The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. View quote
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I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body. View quote
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While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight While little children go hungry, as they do now, I'll fight While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight While there is a drunkard left, While there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight-I'll fight to the very end! View quote
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