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William Booth
6 quotes
“Let the business of the world take care of itself … My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the standing still of the looms and the shutting up of the factories, and the staying of the sailing of the ships, let them all stand still. When we have got everybody converted they can go on again, and we shall be able to keep things going then by working half time and have the rest to spend in loving one another and worshipping God.”
William Booth (1829–1912) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Risks" in The War Cry (20 December 1884)
“Go for souls and go for the worst.”
William Booth (1829–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Life of General Booth (1913) by Hulda Friedrichs
“As long as women suffer as they do I will fight! As long as little children hungering go, as they now do, I will fight. As long as men go to the prisons, in and out, in and out, as they now do, I will fight. All who are not on the ship are in the sea. Every Soldier must do his utmost to save them.”
William Booth (1829–1912) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An unspecified platform appeal, as quoted in The Musical Salvationist (September 1927). Several variants of this exist, some of them credited to his speech at the Royal Albert Hall on May 9, 1912, as researched "While W…
“Without excuse and self-consideration of health or limb or life, true soldiers fight, live to fight, love the thickest of the fight, and die in the midst of it.”
William Booth (1829–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Revolution (2005) by Stephen Court & Aaron White .
“I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be .... religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God and heaven without hell.”
William Booth (1829–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Army of the Revolution is recruited by the Soldiers of Despair. Therefore, down with any Scheme which gives men Hope. In so far as it succeeds it curtails our recruiting ground and reinforces the ranks of our Enemies. Such opposition is to be counted upon, and to be utilised as the best of all tributes to the value of our work. Those who thus count upon violence and bloodshed are too few to hinder, and their opposition will merely add to the momentum with which I hope and believe this Scheme will ultimately be enabled to surmount all dissent, and achieve, with the blessing of God, that measure of success with which I verily believe it to be charged.”
William Booth (1829–1912) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Darkest England : And The Way Out (1890), p. 81