Wess Stafford Quotes

It all begins, I maintain, with that powerful and underutilized thing called love. God's love for the individual is displayed by those people who reflect his love in their words and deeds. It ultimately gets understood and accepted by the child in poverty, and through that individual's love for others, the world gets changed.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Savior's face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes God's agents – exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.

I'm convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.

If we nurture the dreams of children, the world will be blessed. If we destroy them, the world is doomed!

Children are ingenuous. They are also blessed with uncanny ability to read a person's character instantly. Even though they are inexperienced and unsophisticated, they often know instinctively who can be trusted and who is the charlatan.

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.

So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to get more of them?

There is nothing to be intimidated about - it's just another long run where a few more people show up and they happen to wear numbers.

We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that would warp the souls and spirits of children in our world.

The handholds for hope are there for all of us but are made plainest to those in poverty, for whom survival actually depends on hope in their God.

A church begins to die when it says, 'They were just children.

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.

Children are more than we think they are; they can do more than we think they can do. All they need is a vote of confidence from grownups, whom they will ultimately replace anyway. Their dream today will become the realities of tomorrow.

What's your cause? Does it move you to tears? What is it that moves you passionately?

If God places a child before you, and you are too busy to wield either a positive or negative influence ... you just did the later! You communicated that the child doesn't matter and isn't important.