Quotes From:  William Barclay


William Barclay 

When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father’s hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer.

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.

William Barclay 

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.

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.

William Barclay 

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

William Barclay 

For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. It is enough to know that we will be for ever with Him.

William Barclay 

God himself took this human flesh upon him.

William Barclay 

If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.

William Barclay 

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.

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.