Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William ShakespearePolitics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.
Pope FrancisI read the Bible every day.
Denzel WashingtonGod is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
VoltaireReason is the enemy of faith.
Martin LutherRefuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.
Joyce MeyerTo the man who reads ‚Scouting for Boys‘ superficially, there is a disappointing lack of religion in the book. But to him who tries it in practice, the basic religion underlying it soon becomes apparent.
Robert Baden-PowellThe Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‚Father, the atheists?‘ Even the atheists. Everyone!
Pope FrancisI’ve been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn’t want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Joyce MeyerI think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what’s happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.
Joel OsteenHe who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAnd I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
James MadisonIndia has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.
Mark TwainThere is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
Friedrich NietzschePrayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian’s relationship with God. It’s how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they’re not satisfied with their prayer life.
Joyce MeyerAny concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
Corrie Ten BoomOur words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.
Joyce MeyerMy message is that God is a good God.
Joel OsteenGod is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.
Mr. TI believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. LewisAll that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity’s faith later.
Russell M. NelsonI’m honest enough to say I don’t know everything. You know, I don’t. I don’t understand all of God. I don’t understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.
Joel OsteenThat God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
Jean-Paul SartreFaith never makes a confession.
Henry David ThoreauWe make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.
Russell M. NelsonGod has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.
Joel OsteenMy faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.
Dalai LamaThe style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.
Alan WattsReligion is just mind control.
George CarlinIt is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.
Bertrand RussellIt is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
Thomas JeffersonWhen we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.
Pope FrancisA mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.
Pope FrancisMan must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Albert SchweitzerOur prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
SocratesThe Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn’t, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.
Billy GrahamNo one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
Christopher ColumbusI do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect. God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.
Lou HoltzFirst of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn’t believe and doesn’t seek the faith. Premise that – and it’s the fundamental thing – the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn’t believe in God lies in obeying one’s conscience.
Pope FrancisChristians are not limited to any church.
Billy GrahamI could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn’t have to translate.
Maya AngelouMan is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
Henry AdamsFaith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy.
Joel OsteenThose outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world – not to win them, but to be like them.
Billy GrahamWe are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.
Charles BukowskiMy children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.
Christopher HitchensWhen we trust God more than our feelings, it confuses the devil. I mean, when he throws you his best shot and he can’t budge you from believing God, he won’t know what to do with you anymore.
Joyce MeyerGod’s angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.
Billy GrahamI am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‚Lord, remember me.‘
Billy GrahamI would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.
George CarlinThey say miracles are past.
William ShakespeareThe more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
Aldous HuxleyEvery religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.
Russell M. NelsonTo you I’m an atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.
Woody AllenDo I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
George W. BushNext to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
Marcus Tullius CiceroGod’s got you in the palm of His hand. You won’t leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you’re going to be here.
Joel OsteenVanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.
Pope FrancisPeople have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.
Kendrick LamarFaith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Martin Luther