List of William Barclay Quotes

Timothy's Great Value Was That He Was Always Willing To Go Anywhere; And In His Hands A Message Was As Safe As If Paul Had Delivered It Himself. Others Might Be Consumed With Selfish Ambition; But Timothy's One Desire Was To Serve Paul And Jesus Christ. He Is The Patron Saint Of All Those Who Are Quite Content With The Second Place, So Long As They Can Serve.

It Is The Simple Truth To Say That The New Testament Books Became Canonical Because No One Could Stop Them Doing So.

God Himself Took This Human Flesh Upon Him.

Strict Orthodoxy Can Cost Too Much If It Has To Be Bought At The Price Of Love. All The Orthodoxy In The World Will Never Take The Place Of Love.

In The Way Of Christ The Reward Of Work Well Done Is More Work To Do.

The Christian Is Called Upon To Be The Partner Of God In The Work Of The Conversion Of Men.

The Only Victory Love Can Enjoy Is The Day When Its Offer Of Love Is Answered By The Return Of Love. The Only Possible Final Triumph Is A Universe Loved By God And In Love With God.

We Are Chosen For Joy. However Hard The Christian Way, It Is Both In The Traveling And In The Goal, The Way Of Joy.

But The Best Definition Of It Is To Say That Heaven Is That State Where We Will Always Be With Jesus, And Where Nothing Will Separate Us From Him Any More

Jesus’ Coming Is The Final And Unanswerable Proof That God Cares.

Every Discouraging Sermon Is A Wicked Sermon... There Could Hardly Be A More Un-christian Way Of Living Than To Go About In Such A Way As To Depress And To Discourage Other People.

Instead Of Our Petulant, Fretful, Irritable Human Hastiness We Should Cultivate In Our Souls The Patience Which Has Learned To Wait On God.

We Reverence God And We Hallow God's Name When Our Life Is Such That It Brings Honor To God And Attracts Others To Him.

When We Love Anyone With Our Whole Hearts, Life Begins When We Are With That Person; It Is Only In Their Company That We Are Really And Truly Alive.

Religion Fails If It Cannot Speak To Men As They Are.

If We Are To Accept The Teaching Of Jesus At All, Then The Only Test Of The Reality Of A Man's Religion Is His Attitude To His Fellow Men. The Only Possible Proof That A Man Loves God Is The Demonstrated Fact That He Loves His Fellow Men.

It May Well Be That The World Is Denied Miracle After Miracle And Triumph After Triumph Because We Will Not Bring To Christ What We Have And What We Are. If, Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On The Altar Of Service Of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us And Through Us.

The Christian Man Must Aim At That Complete Obedience To God In Which Life Finds Its Highest Happiness, Its Greatest Good, Its Perfect Consummation, Its Peace.

Jesus Was Clear That He Had Come, Not To Make Life Easy, But To Make Men Great.

There Are Certain Things Which Are Lost By Being Kept And Saved By Being Used. Any Individual Talent Is Like That. If It Is Used, It Will Develop Into Something Still Greater. If Someone Refuses To Use It, In The End That Talent Will Be Lost. Supremely So, Life Is Like That.

We May Not Understand How The Spirit Works; But The Effect Of The Spirit On The Lives Of Men Is There For All To See; And The Only Unanswerable Argument For Christianity Is A Christian Life. No Man Can Disregard A Religion And A Faith And A Power Which Is Able To Make Bad Men Good. . .

Faith In God Is The Instrument Which Enables Men And Women To Remove The Hills Of Difficulty Which Block Their Path.

Self-defense Is A Part Of The Law Of Nature; Nor Can It Be Denied The Community, Even Against The King Himself.

It May Well Be A Sign Of The Decadence Of The Church And The Failure Of Christianity That Gifts Have To Be Coaxed Out Of People, And That Often They Will Not Give At All Unless They Get Something For Their Money In The Way Of Entertainment Or Of Goods. Giving Which Is Real Giving Has A Certain Recklessness In It.