James Hudson Taylor Quotes

If I had a thousand pounds China should have it- if I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour?

To me it seemed that the teaching of God's Word was unmistakably clear: 'Owe no man anything.' To borrow money implied to my mind a contradiction of Scripture
a confession that God had withheld some good thing, and determination to get for ourselves what He had not given.

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.

It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies
whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.

Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us.

When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.

Not by discussions nor by argument, but by lifting up Christ shall we draw men unto Him.

It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.

It is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer.

In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness.

[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.

May we all, while living down here, in the world, but not of it, find our home in the heavenly places to which we have been raised, and in which we are seated together with Christ. Sent into the world to witness for our Master, may we ever be strangers there, ready to confess Him the true object of our soul's devotion.

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.

HUDSON TAYLOR – THE PROGRESSION OF A MISSIONARY CALL:

As child, at age 5: When I am a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.

As a young man:I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.

Late in life, as a veteran missionary:
If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for China.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.

Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about.