--- title: "19 God Quotes By Ovid" description: "19 God quotes by Ovid. Plus more from Ovid and more God sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/ovid-276_friend_if-god-be-my-friend-i-cannot-be-wretched_410491.png" --- > [If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/if-god-be-my-friend-i-cannot-be-wretched/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/ovid-276_friend_if-god-be-my-friend-i-cannot-be-wretched_410491.png) > [The gods favor the bold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-gods-favor-the-bold/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/ovid-276_bold_the-gods-favor-the-bold-1298014_1298014.png) > [There is a god within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/there-is-a-god-within-us/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/ovid-276_god_there-is-a-god-within-us-2094644_2094644.png) > [God himself favors the brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/god-himself-favors-the-brave/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/ovid-276_brave_god-himself-favors-the-brave-2303335_2303335.png) > [The gods behold all righteous actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-gods-behold-all-righteous-actions/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ovid-276_god_the-gods-behold-all-righteous-actions-16_1603645.png) > [Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/presents-believe-me-seduce-both-men-and-gods/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/ovid-276_believe_presents-believe-me-seduce-both-men-and_2138336.png) > [The gods have their own rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-gods-have-their-own-rules/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/ovid-276_god_the-gods-have-their-own-rules-1358223_1358223.png) > [There is a God within us, and we glow when He stirs us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/there-is-a-god-within-us-and-we-glow-when-he-stirs-us/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/ovid-276_funny_there-is-a-god-within-us-and-we-glow-whe_1382022.png) > [This also, that I live, I consider a gift of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/this-also-that-i-live-i-consider-a-gift-of-god/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/ovid-276_consider_this-also-that-i-live-i-consider-a-gift_615081.png) > [It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-s-useful-that-there-should-be-gods-so-let-s-believe-there-are/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/ovid-276_believe_it-s-useful-that-there-should-be-gods-so_1489849.png) > [“for no god may undo what another god has done...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/for-no-god-may-undo-what-another-god-has-done/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/ovid-276_god_for-no-god-may-undo-what-another-god-has_3021630.png) > [It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-convenient-that-there-be-gods-and-as-it-is-convenient-let-us/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ovid-276_believe_it-is-convenient-that-there-be-gods-and_27652.png) > [Nothing is so high and above all danger that is not below and in the power of God. \[Lat., Nihil ita sublime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/nothing-is-so-high-and-above-all-danger-that-is-not-below-and-in-the/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/ovid-276_danger_nothing-is-so-high-and-above-all-danger_1617530.png) > [It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-expedient-that-there-should-be-gods-and-since-it-is-expedient/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/ovid-276_art_it-is-expedient-that-there-should-be-god_1509914.png) > [ There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven. \[Lat., Est deus in nobis; et sunt commercia coeli.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/there-is-a-god-within-us-and-intercourse-with-heaven-lat-est-deus-in/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/ovid-276_god_there-is-a-god-within-us-and-intercourse_834332.png) > [Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/gifts-believe-me-captivate-both-men-and-gods-jupiter-himself-was-won/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/ovid-276_believe_gifts-believe-me-captivate-both-men-and_1698622.png) > [There is a god within us, and the heavens Have intercourse with earth; from realms above That spirit comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/there-is-a-god-within-us-and-the-heavens-have-intercourse-with-earth/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/ovid-276_earth_there-is-a-god-within-us-and-the-heavens_329464.png) > [“O gods, \\ If any gods will listen, I deserve \\ Punishment surely, I do not refuse it, \\ But lest, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/o-gods-if-any-gods-will-listen-i-deserve-punishment-surely-i-do-not/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/ovid-276_death_o-gods-if-any-gods-will-listen-i-deserve_2319601.png) > [As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense. \[Lat.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/as-god-is-propitiated-by-the-blood-of-a-hundred-bulls-so-also-is-he/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/ovid-276_blood_as-god-is-propitiated-by-the-blood-of-a_2355027.jpg) ## Other authors on God - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 976 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/sunday-adelaja/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 771 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 269 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joyce-meyer-53800.jpg) Joyce Meyer 248 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/joyce-meyer/) - [Dada Bhagwan 191 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-osteen-50643.jpg) Joel Osteen 160 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/joel-osteen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 157 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bible-17752.jpg) Bible 154 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/bible/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 153 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-aiden-wilson-tozer-9883.jpg) Aiden Wilson Tozer 147 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/aiden-wilson-tozer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-george-32530.jpg) Elizabeth George 144 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/elizabeth-george/) ## More by Ovid > [Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/every-woman-thinks-herself-attractive-even-the-plainest-is-satisfied/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/suppressed-grief-suffocates-it-rages-within-the-breast-and-is-forced/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/honesty-by-evil-fortune-tried-finds-in-adversity-the-seed-of-praise/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-some-alleviation-to-ills-we-cannot-cure-to-speak-of-them/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [ A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. \[Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/a-mind-conscious-of-right-laughs-at-the-falsehoods-of-rumour-lat/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Time is generally the best doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/time-is-generally-the-best-doctor/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-convenient-that-there-be-gods-and-as-it-is-convenient-let-us/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/i-hate-a-woman-who-offers-herself-because-she-ought-to-do-so-and-cold/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man every land's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-sea-s-vast-depths-lie-open-to-the-fish-wherever-the-breezes-blow/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/rare-is-the-virtue-that-s-not-ruled-by-fortune-that-stands-unshaken/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/thus-all-things-altered-nothing-dies-and-here-and-there-the-unbodied/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/how-little-is-the-promise-of-the-child-fulfilled-in-the-man/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/judgement-of-beauty-can-err-what-with-the-wine-and-the-dark/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Leave war to others; 'tis Protesilaus' part of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/leave-war-to-others-tis-protesilaus-part-of-love/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/remove-but-the-temptations-of-leisure-and-the-bow-of-cupid-will-lose/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/ovid/#itemlist", "name": "19 God Quotes By Ovid", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ovid" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/if-god-be-my-friend-i-cannot-be-wretched/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/ovid-276_friend_if-god-be-my-friend-i-cannot-be-wretched_410491.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/ovid-276_friend_if-god-be-my-friend-i-cannot-be-wretched_410491.png", "url": 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