The Best 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? — James Hudson Taylor

If I had 1,000 lives, I’d give them all for China. — Hudson Taylor

The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will. — Hudson Taylor

An easy, non–self–denying life will never be one of power. — Hudson Taylor

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. — Hudson Taylor

Wave after wave of trial rolled over us; but at the end of the year some of us were constrained to confess, that we had learned more of the loving–kindness of the Lord than in any previous year of our lives. — Hudson Taylor

If you are ever drinking at the Fountain [he wrote] with what will your life be running over?–Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! — F. Howard Taylor

It is not lost time to wait upon God! — Hudson Taylor

Love is as hard to hide as hate. — Jennifer Hudson Taylor

True love cannot be stationary; it must either decline or grow. Despite — James Hudson Taylor

Now I am happy in my Saviour’s love. I can thank Him for all, even the most painful experiences of the past, and trust Him without fear for all that is to come. — F. Howard Taylor

All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love. — Hudson Taylor

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians. — Hudson Taylor

God always works through people. — Jennifer Hudson Taylor

If this is a real work for God it is a real conflict with Satan. — Hudson Taylor

Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God’s omnipotency. — Hudson Taylor

There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. — James Hudson Taylor

God’s work is not man working for God; it is God’s own work, though often wrought through man’s hands. — Hudson Taylor

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me. — Hudson Taylor

God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply. — James Hudson Taylor

The good works of the unsaved may indeed benefit their fellow–creatures; but until life in Christ has been received, they cannot please God. — Hudson Taylor

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working. — Hudson Taylor

It is always helpful to us to fix our attention on the God–ward aspect of Christian work; to realise that the work of God does not mean so much man’s work for God, as God’s own work through man. — Hudson Taylor

Consider six or eight hours a day sacred to the Lord and His work, and let nothing hinder your giving this time (to language study and practice) till you can preach fluently and intelligibly. — Hudson Taylor

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

Truly there is a Living God, and He is the hearer and answerer of prayer. — Hudson Taylor

It was not easy to keep first things first and make time for prayer. Yet without this there can not but be failure and unrest. — F. Howard Taylor

Believing prayer will lead to whole–hearted action. — Hudson Taylor

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. — Hudson Taylor

As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial. — Hudson Taylor

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone. — Hudson Taylor

You do not need a great faith, but faith in a great God. — Hudson Taylor

Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith. — Hudson Taylor

But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One. — Hudson Taylor

While unbelief sees the difficulties, faith sees God between itself and them. — Hudson Taylor

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

There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience. — Hudson Taylor

The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross. — Hudson Taylor

If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other motive that has been so stimulating to myself. — Hudson Taylor

Unless you intend your wife to be a true missionary, not merely a wife, home–maker, and friend, do not join us. — Hudson Taylor

I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me. — Hudson Taylor

God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness. — Hudson Taylor

Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up. — Hudson Taylor

God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. — James Hudson Taylor