Quotes from Thomas Watson

An upright man is always worth beholding—but then he is most to be admired when like a bright star, he shines in the dark, and having lost all, he holds fast his integrity.

repentance is of such importance, that there is no being saved without it.

Daily bread may make us live comfortably but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably.

What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God.

Though God is the fountain of grace—yet the saints are the pipes which transmit the living streams to others.

To have a thankful heart for deliverance is a greater blessing than the deliverance itself.

Godly sorrow goes deep, like a vein which bleeds inwardly. The heart bleeds for sin: "they were pricked in their heart" (Act 2:37). As the heart bears a chief part in sinning, so it must in sorrowing.

Christians are condemned who profess to own God for their God and yet do not live as if he were their God.

He who is called of God, walks directly contrary to what he did before.

To compare other things with God, is to debase Deity; as if you should compare the shining of a glow-worm with the sun. 3.

He who loves money is not weary of telling it: and he who loves God is not weary of serving him.

Christ was born of a virgin, that we might be born of God. He took our flesh, that He might give us His Spirit. He lay in the manger that we might lie in paradise. He came down from heaven, that He might bring us to heaven. And what was all this but love? If our hearts be not rocks, this love of Christ should affect us. Behold, love that surpasses knowledge!