Quotes by "William Wilberforce"

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that it is the religion of the Affections which God particularly requires. Love, Zeal, Gratitude, Joy, Hope, Trust, are each of them specified; and are not allowed to us as weaknesses, but enjoined on us as our bounden duty, and commended to us as our acceptable worship.

We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all.

Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?

Having seen all this you can choose to look the other way, but you can never say again, 'I did not know.

Life 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.

My walk is a public one. My business is in the world, and I must mix in the assemblies of men or quit the post which Providence seems to have assigned me.

The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.

If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.

Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?

As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.