Author: William Barclay

Quotes

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

- William Barclay

God himself took this human flesh upon him.

God himself took this human flesh upon him.

- William Barclay

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

- William Barclay

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.

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.

- William Barclay

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

- William Barclay

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

- William Barclay

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.

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.

- William Barclay

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

- William Barclay

We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.

We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.

- William Barclay

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