Quotes from Dwight L. Moody

The best work usually meets the strongest opposition.

I never yet have known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord's people were divided.

Every true work of God has had its bitter enemies - not only outside, but also inside - just as in the days of Nehemiah.

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

He is the Rock, His work is perfect: For all His ways are judgment: A God of truth and without iniquity, Just and right is He.

I'm not tired of the work... I'm tired in the work.

Some say if only my fears and doubts will leave then I will get to work. But instead you should get to work and then your fears and doubts will leave.

Attitudes determine our actions, for good or bad.

The best way to revive a church is to build a fire in the pulpit.

I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I've done business with him.

A missions conference is a business meeting to decide the fate of the heathen.

Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow

True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our intertia, laziness, boredom.

I hunted all through the four Gospels trying to find one of Christ's funeral sermons, but I couldn't find any. I found He broke up every funeral He ever attended! Death couldn't exist where He was.

We must have a warrant for our prayers. If we have some great desire, we must search the scriptures to find if it be right to ask it.

Ministry need not be an office; it's a lifestyle devoted to attracting the lost to Christ and encouraging other believers in the faith.

Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.

It is easier for me to have faith in the Bible than to have faith in D.L. Moody, for Moody has failed me lots of times.

I now opened my Bible and began to study, and faith has been growing ever since.

Faith gives us living joy and dying rest.

Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use.

The voice of sin is loud, but the voice of forgiveness is louder.