But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?
William Booth

Go straight for souls, and go for the worst.
William Booth

I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body.
William Booth

Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!
William Booth

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.
William Booth

The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.
William Booth

We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.
William Booth