Favorite Quotes
I really love quotes. This is a list of some of my favorite spiritual or faith-related quotes. :)
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’” -Erma Bombeck
“Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s a new definition of greatness.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Drum Major Instinct”, February 4, 1968
“What God expects us to attempt, He enables us to achieve.” -Stephen Olford
“Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fasting…But those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him.” -Thomas A. Kempis
“I believe in prayer. It’s the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.” -Josephine Baker
“Christ has no body now, but yours. No hands, no feet on earth, but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world. Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world. -Teresa of Avila
“A ton of prayer will not produce what an ounce of obedience will produce.” -Bill Winston
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” -Corrie Ten Boom
“Of God’s love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet; and secondly, God’s love doesn’t seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.” -William Sloane Coffin
“The genuiness of our worship cannot be measured in decibels of sound, and although it is vital that we express our love for God vocally, He looks to see the evidence in our lives.” -Graham Kendrick
“God’s work done God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” -Hudson Taylor
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action.” -Elizabeth of the Trinity
“Gods gift to us is potential. When we maximize our potential, it’s our gift back to God.” -Dr. Frank A. White”
“We don’t do our thing, we do God’s thing. We don’t do it our way; we do it God’s way.” -Bishop Ross Paddock
“Christianity is being concerned about your fellow [human], not building a million-dollar church while people are starving right around the corner. Christ was a revolutionary person, out there where it was happening. That’s what God is all about, and that’s where I get my strength.” - Fannie Lou Hamer
“If Christ seldom makes offers without demands, He also seldom makes demands without offers. He offers His strength to enable us to meet His demands.” -John Stott