William Carey Quotes

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.

You have to work more than your adversary.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph.

Produce, produce! Were it but the pitifulest, infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name. 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee? Out with it then! Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might.

You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

I work twice as hard as everybody else.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

There's never too much you can do.

Just try. Try to try.

It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

Success supposes endeavour.

Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!

The attempt is all the wedge that splits its knotty way betwixt the impossible and possible.

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.

Living requires but little life; doing requires much.