Thomas Watson
English Puritan preacher and author, c. 1620-1686
10 quotes.
Quotes by Thomas Watson
- A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.
- Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.
- As we sometimes hold a crooked stick over the fire to straighten it, so God holds us over the fire of affliction to make us more straight and upright.
- God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.
- If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work.
- In the creation, man was made in God's image; in the incarnation, God was made in man's image.
- Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.
- The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.
- The Christian must not only mind heaven, but attend diligently to his daily calling; like the pilot, who, while his eye is fixed on the star, keeps his hand upon the helm.
- Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.