Why should the devil have all the best tunes? William Booth More Quotes by William Booth More Quotes From William Booth Will you go to His feet and place yourself entirely at His disposal? William Booth mottomissionaryfeet Before we go to our knees to receive the Baptism of Fire, let me beg of you to see to it that your souls are in harmony with the will and purpose of the Holy Spirit whom you seek. William Booth baptismsoulfire There appears to be a deeply embedded uneasiness in our culture about throwing away junk that can be reused. Perhaps, in part, it is guilt about consumption. Perhaps it also feels unnatural. Mother Nature doesn't throw stuff away. Dead trees, birds, beetles and elephants are pretty quickly recycled by the system. William Booth elephantsmothertree I will tell you the secret. God has had all there was of me. William Booth armysecret It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages? William Booth investingstupiditybattle A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization. William Booth workmencivilization I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body. William Booth savingbodysoul Good cookery is not an extravagance but an economy, and many a tasty dish is made by our Continental friends out of materials which would be discarded indignantly by the poorest tramp in Whitechapel. William Booth cookingwould-befood The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is the one calling in which at the beginning the only exertion is that of self-indulgence; all the prizes are at the commencement. It is the ever-new embodiment of the old fable of the sale of the soul to the Devil. The tempter offers wealth, comfort, excitement, but in return the victim must sell her soul, nor does the other party forget to exact his due to the uttermost farthing. William Booth partycareersself While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight. William Booth hungryrevivalfighting The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. William Booth prostitutionincomecareers There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterably dishonest that theft is to them a master passion. William Booth lazypassionmen But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? William Booth madstruggleattentionmen
