John Mott quotes

John Mott was an American Christian leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognized for his influential work in the international YMCA and ecumenical movements. His efforts helped to expand and unify Christian youth associations around the world. He played a significant role in promoting global Christian cooperation and social service. Here are 18 of his quotes:

No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.

John Mott

Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.

John Mott

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.

John Mott

Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.

John Mott

The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?

John Mott

As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again.

John Mott

Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.

John Mott

You ask me, How much time? I do not know. I know it means time enough to forget time.

John Mott

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

John Mott

The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church.

John Mott

The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God... It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth.

John Mott

The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer. Her largest victories will be witnessed when individual Christians everywhere come to recognize their priesthood unto God and day by day give themselves unto prayer.

John Mott

If added power attends the united prayer of two or three, what mighty triumphs there will be when hundreds of thousands of consistent members of the Church are with one accord day by day making intercession for the extension of Christ's Kingdom.

John Mott

In order to have real prayer and action to change things, we must have conviction as to the need of prayer and action. In order to have conviction as to the need of prayer and action, we must have knowledge.

John Mott

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

John Mott

We have nothing less to do than to get inside of whole peoples and change their motives and dispositions.

John Mott