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title: "Best Discipleship Thoughts"
description: "Browse 545 Discipleship quotes by 272 authors. Discover the best Discipleship sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The one single use of things which we call our own is that they might be his who hath need of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hughes/the-one-single-use-of-things-which-we-call-our-own-is-that-they-might/)

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

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> [“anything that changes you forever, split my life into halves: Before and After.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ransom-riggs/anything-that-changes-you-forever-split-my-life-into-halves-before/)

[Ransom Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ransom-riggs/)

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> [“Discipleship is based not on devotion to abstract ideals, but on devotion to a person, the Lord Jesus Christ;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/discipleship-is-based-not-on-devotion-to-abstract-ideals-but-on/)

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

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> [The cost of discipleship is to live the life God has given us, serving in mundane ways the people he's put in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/the-cost-of-discipleship-is-to-live-the-life-god-has-given-us-serving/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

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> [“Once you put yourself on the lookout for teachable moments, you'll find them everywhere!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kara-durbin/once-you-put-yourself-on-the-lookout-for-teachable-moments-you-ll/)

[Kara Durbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kara-durbin/)

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> [You can impress from a distance, but you can only impact up close.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/you-can-impress-from-a-distance-but-you-can-only-impact-up-close/)

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

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> [“Deal mildly with his youth; for young hot colts, being rag's, do rage the more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/deal-mildly-with-his-youth-for-young-hot-colts-being-rag-s-do-rage/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“We don’t have A “missional” problem. We Have A discipleship Problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/we-don-t-have-a-missional-problem-we-have-a-discipleship-problem/)

[Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/)

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> [“the church is part of God’s plan for every Christian, that Christian selves are a work in progress that cannot be left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heath-white/the-church-is-part-of-god-s-plan-for-every-christian-that-christian/)

[Heath White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heath-white/)

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> [“Focusing on effective leadership without focusing on a willingness to follow is like studying clapping by studying only the left hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/focusing-on-effective-leadership-without-focusing-on-a-willingness-to/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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> [“We can actually live out the trials and temptations of the day before they come. We can in prayer deal with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/we-can-actually-live-out-the-trials-and-temptations-of-the-day-before/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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> [“John, who was transformed into a passionate lover of God, had lost everything he knew in order to come into that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-goll/john-who-was-transformed-into-a-passionate-lover-of-god-had-lost/)

[James W. Goll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-goll/)

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> [“To many, "The Bible is a form of verbal wallpaper, pleasant enough in the background, but he stop thinking about it after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/to-many-the-bible-is-a-form-of-verbal-wallpaper-pleasant-enough-in/)

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

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> [No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God's secret messages without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winkie-pratney/no-matter-how-high-the-powers-of-reason-no-matter-how-deep-the/)

[Winkie Pratney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winkie-pratney/)

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> [“Tasks don't have to be high-impact to be worthy of high effort. Most things we do in any given day are relatively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/tasks-don-t-have-to-be-high-impact-to-be-worthy-of-high-effort-most/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/if-you-have-a-group-of-people-come-together-around-a-vision-for-real/)

[Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/)

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> [“Many beginners also at times possess great spiritual avarice. They hardly ever seem content with the spirit God gives them. They become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/many-beginners-also-at-times-possess-great-spiritual-avarice-they/)

[Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-de-la-cruz/)

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> [What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/what-you-present-as-the-gospel-will-determine-what-you-present-as/)

[Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/)

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> [“Beginning to sense his call to preach boldly in dangerous situations even though he was young and slight, the author agreed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-p-yohannan/beginning-to-sense-his-call-to-preach-boldly-in-dangerous-situations/)

[K.P. Yohannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-p-yohannan/)

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> [“Because of the Resurrection, our natural reaction must be to get past our emotional reactions as quickly as possible and reflect on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/because-of-the-resurrection-our-natural-reaction-must-be-to-get-past/)

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

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> [What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/what-makes-authentic-disciples-is-not-visions-ecstasies-biblical/)

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

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> [I believe passionately that Christianity is a way of life, not a theological system with which one must be in intellectual agreement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-weatherhead/i-believe-passionately-that-christianity-is-a-way-of-life-not-a/)

[Leslie Weatherhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-weatherhead/)

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> [“Shouldn't we just admit the obvious--that the New Testament call to discipleship, compassion, and giving leaves no room for the way many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-alcorn/shouldn-t-we-just-admit-the-obvious-that-the-new-testament-call-to/)

[Randy Alcorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-alcorn/)

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> [We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/we-can-tell-much-by-what-we-have-already-willing-discarded-along-the/)

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

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> [“To be a follower of Christ is to understand that there is no such thing as solo discipleship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-ogden/to-be-a-follower-of-christ-is-to-understand-that-there-is-no-such/)

[Greg Ogden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-ogden/)

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> [The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-life-of-discipleship-is-not-the-hero-worship-we-would-pay-to-a/)

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

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> [“To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/to-know-there-is-a-better-story-for-your-life-and-to-choose-something/)

[Donald Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-miller/)

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> [But it's true I hadn't realised quite how much the discipleship of Jesus Christ would involve keeping up with email.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/but-it-s-true-i-hadn-t-realised-quite-how-much-the-discipleship-of/)

[Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/)

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> [The invitation is not, "Give Me thine head." The invitation is, "My Son, give Me thine heart."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-g-lake/the-invitation-is-not-give-me-thine-head-the-invitation-is-my-son/)

[John G. Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-g-lake/)

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> [“Every missed rite of passage leads to a new rigidification of the personality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/every-missed-rite-of-passage-leads-to-a-new-rigidification-of-the/)

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

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> [Our Lord's conception of discipleship is not that we work for God, but that God works through us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/our-lord-s-conception-of-discipleship-is-not-that-we-work-for-god-but/)

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

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> [I dare not say with Paul that I am the slave of Christ, but my highest aspiration and desire is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-dare-not-say-with-paul-that-i-am-the-slave-of-christ-but-my-highest/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [“The figure of the crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-figure-of-the-crucified-invalidates-all-thought-which-takes/)

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

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> [I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-have-no-disciples-being-myself-an-aspirant-after-discipleship-and/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [“Politics is not leadership. It never has been. It never will be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-norton/politics-is-not-leadership-it-never-has-been-it-never-will-be/)

[Richie Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-norton/)

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> [“True leadership is caring about the people who don’t care about things you care about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-norton/true-leadership-is-caring-about-the-people-who-don-t-care-about/)

[Richie Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-norton/)

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> [The level of our obedience is most often determined by the behavior standard of other Christians around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/the-level-of-our-obedience-is-most-often-determined-by-the-behavior/)

[Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/)

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> [“Our nearness to the king in love is nearness to those who love not the king.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/our-nearness-to-the-king-in-love-is-nearness-to-those-who-love-not/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“Discipleship is not a human offer. The call alone creates the situation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-combs/discipleship-is-not-a-human-offer-the-call-alone-creates-the-situation/)

[Rodney Combs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-combs/)

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> [When God measures a man he puts the tape around the heart, not the head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/when-god-measures-a-man-he-puts-the-tape-around-the-heart-not-the-head/)

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

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