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title: "545 Discipleship Quotes by 272 authors"
description: "Quotes about discipleship discuss disciplined practice, moral choices, and gradual personal growth."
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> [“Maybe you have been looking for peace for no one but yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/building-429/maybe-you-have-been-looking-for-peace-for-no-one-but-yourself/)

[Building 429](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/building-429/)

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> [It's a sin to bore people with the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/it-s-a-sin-to-bore-people-with-the-bible/)

[Howard G. Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-g-hendricks/)

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> [“Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-f-doriot/never-go-into-venture-capital-if-you-want-a-peaceful-life/)

[Georges F. Doriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-f-doriot/)

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> [You cannot impart what you do not possess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/you-cannot-impart-what-you-do-not-possess/)

[Howard G. Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-g-hendricks/)

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> [Most people don't think, they just rearrange their prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/most-people-don-t-think-they-just-rearrange-their-prejudices/)

[Howard G. Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-g-hendricks/)

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> [Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/judging-others-makes-us-blind-whereas-love-is-illuminating/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“You can't grasp the wonderful and keep your feet on the ground.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-afters/you-can-t-grasp-the-wonderful-and-keep-your-feet-on-the-ground/)

[The Afters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-afters/)

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> [If you cannot be accused of exclusivity, you are not discipling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/if-you-cannot-be-accused-of-exclusivity-you-are-not-discipling/)

[Howard G. Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-g-hendricks/)

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> [Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-w-wiersbe/discipleship-is-a-daily-discipline-we-follow-jesus-a-step-at-a-time-a/)

[Warren W. Wiersbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-w-wiersbe/)

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> [“The mother was conflicted between what she knows that what's possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-hauser/the-mother-was-conflicted-between-what-she-knows-that-what-s-possible/)

[Brooke Hauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-hauser/)

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> [“People who have been initiated "broke through in what felt like breaking down".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/people-who-have-been-initiated-broke-through-in-what-felt-like/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of the pathway of discipleship. It comforts, counsels, cures, and consoles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/love-is-the-beginning-the-middle-and-the-end-of-the-pathway-of-2/)

[Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/)

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> [“I'm of the opinion and quite certain that our 'personal histories' with God are meant to be well informed by the Scriptures”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods-2007/i-m-of-the-opinion-and-quite-certain-that-our-personal-histories-with/)

[R. Alan Woods 2007](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods-2007/)

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> [The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-best-measure-of-a-spiritual-life-is-not-its-ecstasies-but-its/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [St John, on Christ's bosom, pray for me in the days of my discipleship, in the house of my faith, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-milner-white/st-john-on-christ-s-bosom-pray-for-me-in-the-days-of-my-discipleship/)

[Eric Milner-White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-milner-white/)

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> [“Friends usually bring out better versions of each other. People feel unguarded and fluid with their close friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/friends-usually-bring-out-better-versions-of-each-other-people-feel/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

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> [The believers are those who have discovered an incredible richness of life that comes from having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-kang/the-believers-are-those-who-have-discovered-an-incredible-richness-of/)

[Albert Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-kang/)

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> [“Sing these songs, and they will renew you from head to toe, from heart to mind. Pray these poems, and they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/sing-these-songs-and-they-will-renew-you-from-head-to-toe-from-heart/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [“The way to transmute the pain of life is to reveal the wounded side of things, evil, even, and then place the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/the-way-to-transmute-the-pain-of-life-is-to-reveal-the-wounded-side/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/costly-grace-is-the-treasure-hidden-in-the-field-for-the-sake-of-it-a/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“When the range and depth of the suffering of others and what we do to one another no longer bothers us, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/when-the-range-and-depth-of-the-suffering-of-others-and-what-we-do-to/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“My understanding from the Word of God is that I am supposed to preach for the maturation of the believer with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/my-understanding-from-the-word-of-god-is-that-i-am-supposed-to-preach/)

[Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/)

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> [“Youth are natural-born storytellers. Our task in discipleship training is to steer them into a particular storytelling tradition—that is, the narrative, language,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/youth-are-natural-born-storytellers-our-task-in-discipleship-training/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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> [“Consensus is not compromise. There is almost always some common ground that everyone can agree on that does not compromise the principles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-ferrell/consensus-is-not-compromise-there-is-almost-always-some-common-ground/)

[Curtis Ferrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-ferrell/)

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> [“Scholars of Acts agree: This movement took place in the power of the Holy Spirit through the lives of ordinary, months-old and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-smith/scholars-of-acts-agree-this-movement-took-place-in-the-power-of-the/)

[Steve Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-smith/)

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> [“(re: Matthew 7:21 - "Knowing the correct password - saying 'Master, Master', for instance - isn't going to get you anywhere with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-kennedy/re-matthew-7-21-knowing-the-correct-password-saying-master-master-for/)

[Eugene Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-kennedy/)

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> [In racing marathons, one does not see the dropouts make fun of those who continue; failed runners actually cheer on those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/in-racing-marathons-one-does-not-see-the-dropouts-make-fun-of-those/)

[Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/)

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> [“Who are we aligning ourselves with? Are we aligning ourselves with the presence of God as it is abused, broken, bleeding, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/who-are-we-aligning-ourselves-with-are-we-aligning-ourselves-with-the/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“Jesus lived in occupied territory, in poverty and misery, and his stories and preaching are all about food, land, liberation from bondage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/jesus-lived-in-occupied-territory-in-poverty-and-misery-and-his/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [Promptings for us to do good come from the Holy Ghost. These promptings nudge us further along the straight and narrow path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/promptings-for-us-to-do-good-come-from-the-holy-ghost-these/)

[Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/)

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> [“There is a myth flourishing in the church today that has caused incalculable harm: once converted, fully converted. In other words, once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/there-is-a-myth-flourishing-in-the-church-today-that-has-caused/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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> [“There are two choices: to be human, made in the image of God, with Jesus; warp to be in human, consumed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/there-are-two-choices-to-be-human-made-in-the-image-of-god-with-jesus/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“Peter's denial was not just a personal weakness. He was in a leadership position, honored as the one who spoke for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/peter-s-denial-was-not-just-a-personal-weakness-he-was-in-a/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-cross-is-laid-on-every-christian-the-first-christ-suffering-which/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“We listened, as all boys in their better moods will listen (ay, and men too for the matter of that), to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hughes/we-listened-as-all-boys-in-their-better-moods-will-listen-ay-and-men/)

[Thomas Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hughes/)

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> [Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/discipleship-means-adherence-to-christ-and-because-christ-is-the-2/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“The farther you get from the actual historical person of Jesus and His time, the more the church knows about Jesus and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/the-farther-you-get-from-the-actual-historical-person-of-jesus-and/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“Abiding time is extravagant daily time with Jesus. This extravagant time is the center of abiding. Not legalism, not dry discipline, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missionaries-who-love-the-arab-world/abiding-time-is-extravagant-daily-time-with-jesus-this-extravagant/)

[Missionaries Who Love The Arab World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missionaries-who-love-the-arab-world/)

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> [In every Magical, or similar system, it is invariably the first condition which the Aspirant must fulfill: he must once and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/in-every-magical-or-similar-system-it-is-invariably-the-first/)

[Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/)

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> [“In his indispensable book The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen boldly invites us to imagine ourselves not just in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/in-his-indispensable-book-the-return-of-the-prodigal-son-henri-nouwen/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

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                        "text": "“We listened, as all boys in their better moods will listen (ay, and men too for the matter of that), to a man whom we felt to be, with all his heart and soul and strength, striving against whatever was mean and unmanly and unrighteous in our little world. It was not the cold, clear voice of one giving advice and warning from serene heights to those who were struggling and sinning below, but the warm, living voice of one who was fighting for us and by our sides, and calling on us to help him and ourselves and one another.”",
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                        "text": "Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An abstract theology, a doctrinal system, a general religious knowledge of the subject of grace or the forgiveness of sins, render discipleship superfluous, and in fact exclude any idea of discipleship whatsoever, and are essentially inimical to the whole conception of following Christ…Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.",
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                        "text": "“The farther you get from the actual historical person of Jesus and His time, the more the church knows about Jesus and understand more deeply the truth of the Scriptures. We know more of the truth of Jesus the Risen Lord and His Word because we have been the recipients of more than 2000 years of faith, of life lived in the power of the Spirit and the Word in our midst. The power of of the presence of the Risen Lord is not static, but dynamic, and growing ever stronger as the kingdom of the earth comes more into its fullness in time and place. It is an awesome thought that calls us to responsibility and gratefulness for having been given the gift from those who have gone before us in faith. It is our privilege and inheritance, which we must be sure to pass on to those who come after us, in forms that are ever richer, more expressive and inclusive of others.”",
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                        "text": "“Abiding time is extravagant daily time with Jesus. This extravagant time is the center of abiding. Not legalism, not dry discipline, not manufactured spirituality, but joyous soaking in the presence of Jesus, lavish spending of time with Him who is most precious, Him from whom all life flows. In a world that is over-connected yet lonely, frantically busy yet accomplishing little of eternal value, super-informed but egregiously ignorant on what really matters, abiding gives Jesus the best of our time, in which He leads us to the best of times.”",
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                        "text": "In every Magical, or similar system, it is invariably the first condition which the Aspirant must fulfill: he must once and for all and for ever put his family outside his magical circle.Even the Gospels insist clearly and weightily on this.Christ himself (i.e. whoever is meant by this name in this passage) callously disowns his mother and his brethren (Luke VIII, 19). And he repeatedly makes discipleship contingent on the total renunciation of all family ties. He would not even allow a man to attend his father's funeral!Is the magical tradition less rigid?Not on your life!",
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                        "text": "“In his indispensable book The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen boldly invites us to imagine ourselves not just in the place of the younger son, and then the elder one, but also in the place of the father. Many of Jesus’ parables are waiting for this kind of attention—his shepherds, widows and vineyard owners are not just clues to the true nature and identity of God, but to what we are meant to become by grace. But for us the path to becoming the shepherd requires first recognizing that we are the lost sheep; to become the searching widow, we must understand that we are the coin lost in the cranny; and to become the father requires first coming to terms with ourselves as his equally foolish, equally prodigal children. And that is, in a nutshell, what discipleship is about. In the crucible of discipleship we come to see just how distorted our vision for our own power has been and how small we have become, but we also discover just how lavish our Father’s goodness is and how much glory is waiting for us, how much more we are meant to be.”",
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