Religion Quotes · Page 293

“Jesus was not a godlike man, nor a manlike God. He was God-man.”

— Max Lucado

It's amazing how much you can get done if you don't worry about who gets the credit.

— Dallin H. Oaks

Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him.

— John Owen

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state.

— Brother Yun

“The world has seen more believers in times of troubles than in peace and joy.”

— Deepak Rana

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

— Thomas Carlyle

I'm not satisfied with walking away from something and letting it beat me. That's not my spirit.

— Liz Carmouche

Walk by faith and allow the Jesus to orchestrate your footsteps and be the light to your feet.

— Eric Lawson

“The world of fundamental religion does not recognize even the slightest variation in meaning should this meaning fall outside its own definition…

— Susan Griffin

I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Somehow, that “faith” was what God valued, and it soon became clear that faith was the best way for humans to express…

— Philip Yancey

The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit,…

— J. I. Packer

“And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon…

— Joseph Conrad

Seek to advance your fortunes in this world. Set up a strong base so that you can practice your spirituality and be…

— Frederick Lenz

I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Almighty Creator. By fighting the Jews, I am doing the…

— Adolf Hitler

What religion cannot do, GRACE does! Grace empowered obedience beats striving and performing any time!! Every time!!

— Floyd McClung

“To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“Many of our Churches are now proclaiming the vain philosophies of man and have reduced the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a…

— John Paul warren

It is certainly true that writers take a stance at some variance from organized religion. This has not always been true. But…

— Eavan Boland

We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Religious traditions hold enormous value, extraordinary wisdom, breathtaking insights into the human experience, but they are limited to the degree that there…

— Neale Donald Walsch

“My reading of American religious history is that religion always functions best from the margins of society and not in the councils…

— Randall Balmer

The heart of God through his creation stirs, We thrill to feel it, trembling as the flowers That die to live again,…

— Celia Thaxter

It's been so long now and so much has happened that I am able now to look back with much less emotion…

— Bob Colacello

The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without.

— T. S. Eliot

“You can't afford to be disabled in spirit as well as physically. People won't have time for you.”

— Stephen Hawking

I was a very religious teenager, and I moved away from that.

— Lawrence Wright

I love Jesus. I just don't like the Christians who don't believe in what he says.

— Bill Maher

Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and it's intensified at a festival.

— Trent Reznor

“I don’t have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.”

— Victor LaValle

The particular sin of omission which gives ground to the evil spirits is the believer’s passivity.

— Watchman Nee

Never forget to have fun. Fun gives you a new outlook. It helps you expand your mind and your spirit.

— Anonymous

“I am not looking for a thing ; I am searching for a spiritual experience .”

— Daniel Klein

Jesus raised the standard high so we would realize we couldn’t possibly do it without a savior.

— Andy Stanley

Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.

— Oswald Chambers

Keep on praying for faith, it is through prayer that you develop all your wonderful qualities of soul.

— Myrtle Fillmore

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.

— Charles Dickens

“I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood.”

— George Carlin

When the devil tries to remind you of your past, just laugh and remind him of your future.

— Nishan Panwar

If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

— Emile Chartier