Quotes from Leonard Ravenhill

Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.

My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.

The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.

The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.

All you have to do is get in a closer walk with God and you'll find your enemies are in your own church.

In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts.

There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are!

You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God.

If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him, does it matter whom we displease?

God asks the best we have Because He gave the Best He had.

If you kneel before God, you will stand before men.

The most shattering thought I've ever had is my personal accountability to God one day

When God-given, heaven-sent revival does come, it will undo in weeks the damage that blasphemous Modernism has taken years to build.

If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us?

Three things faith does: it reckons on God; it risks with God (and) it rests in God.

God doesn't answer prayer, He answers desperate prayer!

Where,oh,where are the eternity-conscious believers? Where are the souls white-hot for God because they fear His holy name and presence and so live with eternity's values in view?

The understanding soul prays; the praying soul gets understanding.

The Holy Book of the living God suffers more from its exponents today than from its opponents.

I want to so live that God doesn't have to have to give me one minute's

Only they who fulfill God's commands have a claim on the Lord.

It may be that Satan has little cause to fear most preaching. Yet past experiences sting him to rally all his infernal army to fight against God's people praying.

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.