Bob Jones, Sr. Quotes

#1. It is wonderful when God saves a drunkard which He sometimes does, but it is more wonderful still when God saves little children before they become drunkards, libertines, and degenerates.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#2. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#3. A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#4. When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart,
that man is well-nigh hopeless.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#5. Don't ask God to give you a light burden. Ask Him to give you strong shoulders to carry a heavy burden.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#6. Any sin that any sinner ever committed, every sinner under proper provocation could commit.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#7. The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#8. Don't sacrifice the permanent on the altar of the immediate.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#9. It is a sin to do less than your best.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#10. What you love and what you hate reveal what you are.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#11. It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#12. The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#13. If you do not do your God-assigned task, throughout eternity there will be a job that has never been done.

Bob Jones, Sr.

#14. No nation has ever prospered or been blessed like the colored people in the South.

Bob Jones, Sr.