Church Quotes · Page 99

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there.

— Leigh Hunt

The church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place…

— Charles Spurgeon

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.

— Timothy Keller

We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've…

— M. Russell Ballard

There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her…

— G. Campbell Morgan

Take what the old-church found in Mithra's tomb, candle and script and bell, take what the new-church spat upon and broke and…

— Hilda Doolittle

The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds.

— Dillon Burroughs

I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they…

— Michael Moore

The future and the hope for the middle class church lies in the renewal of its lifeblood, which is only possible if…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Though people are more important than money, I'm not convinced these large sums of money paid out to victims is the best.…

— Uwem Akpan

I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a…

— Brittany Murphy

I was raised in a very religious household - it wasn't dogma, but we were raised Christian; we went to church every…

— Adrienne C. Moore

Just as Cardinal Bernardin proposed that an of ethic of life be consistently applied to unite all the life issues, we need…

— Blase J. Cupich

There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum…

— Henry Adams

Many of us regard ourselves as mildly liberal or centrist politically, voice fairly pleasant sentiments about our poor children, contribute money to…

— Jonathan Kozol

Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people…

— Neal Stephenson

I have known a great many men who have left this Church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation, but…

— Brigham Young

The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed…

— Edward Gibbon

We ought to be cautious in taking even the best ascertained opinions and practices of the primitive Church for our own. If…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught;…

— Ken Follett

First, I am definitely going to give some money to my mission program at church, and then I have to get my…

— Darci Lynne Farmer

The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity.

— Leonard Ravenhill

“I don't like bullshit and pretense. I can't enjoy the joy at church... without some cash in my wallet.”

— Toba Beta

I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening.

— Bill Hybels

The best title of the [professing] church of God today, in my judgment, is 'Unbelieving Believers.'

— Leonard Ravenhill

My grandmother is a huge part of my life. She's just a great woman: a woman of the church.

— Chance The Rapper

Being gay is a sin . But EVERYTHING you do is a sin . Smoking, drinking,cursing, shooting etc..

— Anonymous

All Christians have opportunities to serve those who might never come to church or listen to a sermon.

— Timothy Keller

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race.

— Pope Francis

“Church is not ‘Where’ but ‘Who’. Church is not about the Place but the People. Church is our HOME. Church is about…

— Cecilia Chan

I thought there was a glitch when they told me that in two or three weeks 'My Church' hit a million streams.

— Maren Morris

The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.

— Pope John Paul II

Music is like church to me. It's as spiritual a connection as I just about ever make.

— Lari White

If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

If the presence of God is in the church, the church will draw the world in. If the presence of God is…

— Charles Grandison Finney

I was born and raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, an infamous congregation started by my grandfather, and consisting almost entirely of…

— Megan Phelps-Roper