I don’t have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.
Billy GrahamMy family, frankly, they weren’t folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn’t raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
Barack ObamaTo what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
Queen Elizabeth IIThere are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.
Isaac NewtonThe people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert.
Noam ChomskyI am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
Jesus ChristI used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
Billy GrahamCommunism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.
Billy GrahamChrist managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It’s when you go backwards through the ‚begats‘ and the Garden of Eden, and you start thinking, ‚Hang on, that’s a big punishment for eating one lousy apple… There’s a human-rights issue.‘
Terry PratchettThe Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation… But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.
Billy GrahamChrist comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.
Isaac NewtonWhen we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don’t find any conflict among them.
Jimmy CarterThe Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.
Franz KafkaI deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
Joel OsteenI have never sat down and studied the Bible, never consciously echoed its language, and am, in reality, as ignorant of it as most brought-up Christians. All of the Bible that I use in my work is remembered from childhood and is the common property of all who were brought up in English-speaking communities.
Dylan ThomasTruth, according to the Christian faith, is God’s love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.
Pope FrancisUnless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.
Helen KellerThe Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
Noam ChomskyNo man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
George Bernard ShawAs the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Jesus ChristDeath wasn’t part of God’s original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy – the last enemy to be destroyed.
Billy GrahamThe book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
Harper LeeA thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
Theodore RooseveltIn the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.
Desmond TutuHearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
J. K. RowlingThe Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.
Joyce MeyerWithin the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Ronald ReaganOne of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
Franz KafkaA lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.
Joel OsteenThe Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
Mark TwainThe Bible is clear – God’s definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.
Billy GrahamIf only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
Woody AllenI keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don’t allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.
Maya AngelouThe Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
Galileo GalileiThe Bible says that Christians are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. On the job, in the grocery store, even among unsaved friends and family members, God’s people are there to bring seasoning to an unsavory situation.
Joyce MeyerThe Bible is full of warnings about false prophets and false messiahs. These satanically inspired people have appeared in almost every generation of history.
Billy GrahamHowever weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus‘ love.
Charles SpurgeonHmm, on my downtime, I take a shower or listen to the Bible on tape.
Mr. TThe language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read the Bible to myself; I’ll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.
Maya AngelouI’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.
Maya AngelouThe greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
John RuskinI don’t claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I’m home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, ‚Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.‘
Jimmy CarterI think Bible principles are principles for life.
Joel OsteenThe Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours – and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
Eleanor RooseveltThe devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
William ShakespeareLife is so, so short. Bible says it’s like a vapor.
Muhammad AliI have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
Isaac NewtonI have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.
Billy GrahamThe most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts ‚Sign.‘
Robert Baden-PowellThe Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn’t, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.
Billy GrahamDo not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
Jesus ChristGod knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic… The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.
Dolly PartonI think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. So I don’t think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today.
Billy GrahamI tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus ChristI used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.
Mr. TYes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business.
Joel OsteenI don’t think people are going to talk in the future. They’re going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.
Kanye WestI did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
Mahatma GandhiJesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.
Joyce MeyerRonald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible.
Christopher Hitchens