Amanda Mason > Amanda's Quotes

“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am”
― John Newton

“Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”
― John Newton, Amazing Grace

“When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.”
― Hudson Taylor

“All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.”
― J. Hudson Taylor

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

“It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.”
― Hudson Taylor

“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?”
― Hudson Taylor

“It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.”
― Hudson Taylor

“it is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer.”
― Hudson Taylor

“The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.”
― J. Hudson Taylor

“[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.”
― Hudson Taylor

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

“God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.”
― Hudson Taylor

“Not by discussions nor by argument, but by lifting up Christ shall we draw men unto Him.”
― J. Hudson Taylor

“I am more than ever convinced that if we were to take the directions of our Master and the assurances He gave to His first disciples more fully as our guide, we should find them to be just as suited to our times as to those in which they were originally given.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China