"William Barclay" may refer to:

*William Barclay (jurist), Scottish jurist in the 16th and early 17th centuries

*William Barclay (writer)

*William Barclay (painter)

*William Barclay (theologian), 20th century theologian and writer of Bible commentaries

*William Barclay (politician), New York State Assemblyman

*William Barclay (UK politician), Northern Irish Senator

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Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross. . . .

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If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.

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Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. -William Barclay
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It has always been fairly safe to talk about God; it is when we start to talk about men that the trouble starts. And yet the fact remains that there is no conceivable way of proving that we love God other than by loving men. And there is no conceivable way of proving that we love men than by doing something for those who most need help.

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For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. It is enough to know that we will be for ever with Him.

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The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way. -William Barclay
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When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer.

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When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive.

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