Inspirational Christian Quotes

“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command”

“There was never a bad peace or a good war.”

“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”

“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken”

“It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.”

“The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.”

“So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.”

“Success is... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.”

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”

“And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.”

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”

“The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all.”

“We men are wretched things.”

“The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page.”

“God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.”

“Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.”

“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. ... A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say, "This is not just." It will look at our alliance with the landed gentry of South America and say, "This is not just." The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.”

“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.”

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.”