Inspirational Christian Quotes

“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”

“The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.”

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”

“If you understand others you are smart. If you understand yourself you are illuminated. If you overcome others you are powerful. If you overcome yourself you have strength. If you know how to be satisfied you are rich. If you can act with vigor, you have a will. If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting. If you die without loss, you are eternal.”

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”

“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”

“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”

“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”

“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

“It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.”

“Beauty will save the world”

“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.”

“You can be sincere and still be stupid.”

“Things do not change; we change.”

“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”