Quotes by John Newton

About John Newton:

John Newton was an English sailor, in the Royal Navy for a period, and later a captain of slave ships. He became ordained as an evangelical Anglican cleric, served Olney, Buckinghamshire for two decades, and also wrote hymns, known for "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken".
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Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

John Newton

God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.

John Newton

We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.

John Newton

A bowler can make or break a chap.

John Newton

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end.

John Newton

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.

John Newton

I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)

John Newton

[ ... ]when we have been brought very low and helped, sorely wounded and healed, cast down and raised again, have given up all hope--and been suddenly snatched from danger, and placed in safety; and when these things have been repeated to us and in u...

John Newton

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am

John Newton

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

John Newton

I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless.

John Newton

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Newton
  • DescriptionAnglican clergyman and hymn-writer
  • AliasesJohn Henry Newton
  • BornJuly 24, 1725
  • DiedDecember 21, 1807
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionCleric
  • AwardsGospel Music Hall Of Fame