Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success.
William WilberforceCan you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.
William WilberforceLife as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived.
William WilberforceWhen blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of fashion.
William WilberforceIf to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.
William WilberforceSome bolder spirits, indeed, might be expected to despise the cautious moderation of these timid reasoners, and to pronounce decisively, that the Bible was a forgery, while the generality, professing to believe it genuine, should, less consistently, be satisfied with remaining ignorant of its contents, and when pressed, should discover themselves by no means to believe many of the most important particulars contained in it.
William Wilberforce