We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it…

- William Wilberforce

No one expects to attain to the height of learning, or arts, or power, or wealth, or military glory, without vigorous resolution, strenuous diligence…

- William Wilberforce

To live our lives and miss that great purpose we were designed to accomplish is truly a sin. It is inconceivable that we could be bored in a world wi…

- William Wilberforce

Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalized… because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack, even th…

- William Wilberforce

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

- William Wilberforce

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at…

- William Wilberforce

So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. Let the co…

- William Wilberforce

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and tr…

- William Wilberforce

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my …

- William Wilberforce