Quotes from Thomas Watson

No flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one.

The worst that God does to His children is to whip them to heaven.

The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.

The mercies of God make a sinner proud, but a saint humble.

Be like Noah's dove. She made use of her wings to fly, but trust in the ark for safety.

Neither deficiencies nor disappointments, losses nor crosses, can cause disquieting discontents in that bosom where faith is commander in chief.

If God should show mercy only to such as deserve it, he must show mercy to none.

When promises are verified, God's truth is magnified.

Obedience without knowledge is blind, and knowledge without obedience is lame.

Great was the work of creation, but greater was the work of redemption. Great wisdom was seen in making us—but more miraculous wisdom in saving us. Great power was seen in bringing us out of nothing—but greater power in helping us when we were worse than nothing. (...) In the creation, God gave us ourselves; in the redemption, He gave us Himself.

If we do not regard God when he speaks to us, he will not regard us when we pray to him.

Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from coming to Christ.