William Wilberforce Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

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

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

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

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

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

No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!

No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!

Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.

Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.

There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives.

There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives.

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

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

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude.

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude.

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.

Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.

This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!

This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!

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

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

Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.

Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.

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

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

The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady.

The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady.

God has so made the mind of man that a peculiar deliciousness resides in the fruits of personal industry.

God has so made the mind of man that a peculiar deliciousness resides in the fruits of personal industry.