--- title: "20 Crosses Quotes By Aiden Wilson Tozer" description: "20 Crosses quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer. Plus more from Aiden Wilson Tozer and more Crosses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churc_1134181.png" --- > [Christ calls us to carry the Cross; churches call us to have fun in His name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churches-call-us-to-have-fun-in/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churc_1134181.png) > [Nothing's easier to talk about than surrendering ourselves and dying on the Cross. Nothing's harder than actually doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/nothing-s-easier-to-talk-about-than-surrendering-ourselves-and-dying/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_crosses_nothing-s-easier-to-talk-about-than-surr_2485665.png) > [We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/we-must-invite-the-cross-to-do-its-deadly-work-within-before-we-can/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_cross_we-must-invite-the-cross-to-do-its-deadl_694444.png) > [When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/when-people-sugarcoat-christianity-arrange-it-all-nicely-they-have-in/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christianity_when-people-sugarcoat-christianity-arran_2163105.png) > [We must do something about the cross, and there’s only one of two things we can do- flee it or die upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/we-must-do-something-about-the-cross-and-there-s-only-one-of-two/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_can-do_we-must-do-something-about-the-cross-and_146357.png) > [In coming to Christ we don't bring our old life up to a higher plane; we leave it at the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/in-coming-to-christ-we-don-t-bring-our-old-life-up-to-a-higher-plane/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_in-coming-to-christ-we-don-t-bring-our-o_2560852.png) > [Be hard on yourself and easy on others. Carry your own cross but never lay one on the back of another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/be-hard-on-yourself-and-easy-on-others-carry-your-own-cross-but-never/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_carry_be-hard-on-yourself-and-easy-on-others-c_917065.png) > [The Cross is not responsible for God's love; rather it was His love that conceived the Cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-cross-is-not-responsible-for-god-s-love-rather-it-was-his-love/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_cross_the-cross-is-not-responsible-for-god-s-l_3172794.png) > [Pay no heed to the passing religious vogue. Go back to the grass roots. Open your hearts and search the Scriptures. Bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/pay-no-heed-to-the-passing-religious-vogue-go-back-to-the-grass-roots/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_always-wrong_pay-no-heed-to-the-passing-religious-vog_9245.jpg) > [Any spirit that permits compromise with the world is a false spirit. Any religious movement that imitates the world in any of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/any-spirit-that-permits-compromise-with-the-world-is-a-false-spirit/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_any-spirit-that-permits-compromise-with_3047977.png) > [Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/though-the-cross-of-christ-has-been-beautified-by-the-poet-and-the/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_art_though-the-cross-of-christ-has-been-beau_634668.png) > [The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-old-cross-slew-men-the-new-cross-entertains-them-the-old-cross/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_confidence_the-old-cross-slew-men-the-new-cross-ent_119269.png) > [Every advance that we make for God and for His cause must be made at our inconvenience. If it does not inconvenience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/every-advance-that-we-make-for-god-and-for-his-cause-must-be-made-at/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_causes_every-advance-that-we-make-for-god-and-f_1441654.png) > [...popular fundamentalist theology has emphasized the utility of the cross rather than the beauty of the One who died on it... The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/popular-fundamentalist-theology-has-emphasized-the-utility-of-the/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_popular-fundamentalist-theology-has-emph_587928.png) > [The man with a cross no longer controls his destiny; he lost control when he picked up his cross. That cross immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-man-with-a-cross-no-longer-controls-his-destiny-he-lost-control/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_absorbing_the-man-with-a-cross-no-longer-controls_931361.png) > [The constantly recurring question must be: What shall we unite with and from what shall we separate? The question of coexistence does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-constantly-recurring-question-must-be-what-shall-we-unite-with/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_church_the-constantly-recurring-question-must-b_109849.jpg) > [In the Book of Acts faith was for each believer a beginning, not an end; it was a journey, not a bed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/in-the-book-of-acts-faith-was-for-each-believer-a-beginning-not-an/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_attitude_in-the-book-of-acts-faith-was-for-each-b_1252751.png) > [Most of the world's great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/most-of-the-world-s-great-souls-have-been-lonely-loneliness-seems-to/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christian_most-of-the-world-s-great-souls-have-bee_3059096.png) > [To accept Christ is to know the meaning of the words 'as he is, so are we in this world.' We accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/to-accept-christ-is-to-know-the-meaning-of-the-words-as-he-is-so-are/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_accept_to-accept-christ-is-to-know-the-meaning_1698784.png) > [Any objection to the carryings on of our present gold-calf Christianity is met with the triumphant reply, ‘But we are winning them!’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/any-objection-to-the-carryings-on-of-our-present-gold-calf/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_answers_any-objection-to-the-carryings-on-of-our_617042.jpg) ## Other authors on Crosses ## More by Aiden Wilson Tozer > [I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/i-think-a-new-world-will-arise-out-of-the-religious-mists-when-we/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [One thing the young Christian should be taught as quickly as possible after his conversion is that Jesus Christ is all he needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/one-thing-the-young-christian-should-be-taught-as-quickly-as-possible/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-idea-that-this-world-is-a-playground-instead-of-a-battleground/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/god-often-hides-his-blessing-in-trouble-or-trial-which-makes-it-all/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [Pay no heed to the passing religious vogue. Go back to the grass roots. Open your hearts and search the Scriptures. Bear your cross,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/pay-no-heed-to-the-passing-religious-vogue-go-back-to-the-grass-roots/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/to-pray-without-expectation-is-to-misunderstand-the-whole-concept-of/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [It's time for us to rise up, get out of the rut and routine, and begin to take our Christian faith seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/it-s-time-for-us-to-rise-up-get-out-of-the-rut-and-routine-and-begin/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-true-christian-ideal-is-not-to-be-happy-but-to-be-holy/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-goodness-of-god-is-infinitely-more-wonderful-than-we-will-ever-be/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/a-holy-man-isn-t-aware-that-he-s-holy-as-soon-as-we-begin-to-talk/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/there-is-a-strain-of-loneliness-infecting-many-christians-which-only/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [Where God is not glorified, that place is sick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/where-god-is-not-glorified-that-place-is-sick/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [Hope is the music of the whole Bible, the heartbeat, the pulse and the atmosphere of the whole Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/hope-is-the-music-of-the-whole-bible-the-heartbeat-the-pulse-and-the/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [Christian liberty is freedom from sin, not freedom to sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/christian-liberty-is-freedom-from-sin-not-freedom-to-sin/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/outside-of-the-will-of-god-there-is-nothing-i-want-and-in-the-will-of/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crosses/aiden-wilson-tozer/#itemlist", "name": "20 Crosses Quotes By Aiden Wilson Tozer", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Christ calls us to carry the Cross; churches call us to have fun in His name.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aiden Wilson Tozer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churches-call-us-to-have-fun-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churc_1134181.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churc_1134181.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christ_christ-calls-us-to-carry-the-cross-churc_1134181.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Christ calls us to carry the Cross; churches call us to have fun in His name.” — Aiden Wilson Tozer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing's easier to talk about than surrendering ourselves and dying on the Cross. 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