The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.
William WilberforceSurely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean.
William WilberforceThis perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!
William WilberforceTo the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we can only attain by much discipline and slow advances; and when we think we have made great way, we shall often find reason to confess in the hour of trial, that we had greatly, far too greatly, over-rated our progress.
William Wilberforce