William Law Quotes

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

My ultimate goal is to become a saint.

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

My aim is just to remain as humble and as godly as I can be.

We should be living a life of purity.

This perfection must come through the practice of holiness and love.

Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

God's desire is that we excel.

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.

I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.

I go out into America, and I am literally navigating a minefield. Godliness has become abnormal.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.

Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.

Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.