*All our blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal, depends on his intercession for us, which is one branch of his priestly office, where of therefore we have always equal need.
*God dispenses his gift just as he pleases; therefore, it is neither wise nor modest to affirm that a person must be a believer for any length of time before he is capable of receiving a high degree of the spirit of holiness
*God's usual method is one thing, but his sovereign pleasure is another. He has wise reasons both for hastening & retarding his works. Sometime he come suddenly & unexpected; sometimes, not until we have long looked for him.
*Watch and pray continuously against pride. If God has cast it out,see that it enter no more; it is as dangerous as desire. And you may slide back into it unawares; especially if you think there is no danger of it.
*True resignation consists in a thorough conformity to the whole will of God; who wills and does all (except sin) which come to pass in the world. In order to this we have only to embrace all events, good & bad, as his will.
*God hardly gives his spirit even to those he has established in grace, if they do not pray for it on all occasions, not only once, but many times.
*Whether we think of, or speak to God, whether we act or suffer to him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.
*God is so great, that he communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for his service.
*One of the principal rule of religion is, to lose no occasion of serving God. And, since he is invisible to our eyes, we are to serve him in our neighbour; which he receives as if done to himself in person, standing visibly before us.
(John Wesley)
##Footnote: John Wesley (28 June 1703 – 2 March 1791) was a Church of England cleric and Christian Theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield's Calvinism, Wesley embraced th e Arminian doctrines that were dominant in the 18th-century Church of England. Methodism in both forms was a highly successful evangelical movement in the UK, which encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.
Wesley's writing and preachings provided the seeds for both the modern Methodist movement and the Holiness movement, which encompass numerous denominations across the world. In addition, he refined Arminianism with a strong evangelical emphasis on the Reformed doctrine of justification by faith. (source from Wikipedia)
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