“I have but one candle of life to burn and would rather burn it out where people are dying in darkness than in a land that is flooded with light.”1
“I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray, I can only lie still in God’s arms like a little child, and trust.”
“Truly there is a Living God, and He is the hearer and answerer of prayer.”
“With God all things are possible, and no conversion ever takes place save by the almighty power of the Holy Ghost. The great need, therefore, of every Christian worker is to know God.”
“The soul that is starved cannot rejoice in the Lord”
“There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.”
“Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.”
“Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them.”
“Whatever is your best time in the day, give that to communion with God.”
“All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.”
“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.”
“There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.”
“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.”
“The good works of the unsaved may indeed benefit their fellow-creatures; but until life in Christ has been received, they cannot please God.”
“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.”
“When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.”
“Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God’s omnipotency.”
“Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up.”
“God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.”
“The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.”
“Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.”
“Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs – an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?”
1 All of the following quotes are from the websites below:
Hudson Taylor Quotes (Author of To China With Love)
Hudson Taylor Quotes – BrainyQuote
Top 50 HUDSON TAYLOR quotes and sayings
Top 90 James Hudson Taylor Quotes (2025 Update) – QuoteFancy