William Barclay

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

— William Barclay

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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

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

— William Barclay

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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

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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

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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

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The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity. ↗

— William Barclay

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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

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

— William Barclay

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God himself took this human flesh upon him. ↗

— William Barclay

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