--- title: "4 Greatest Quotes By Josh McDowell" description: "4 Greatest quotes by Josh McDowell. Plus more from Josh McDowell and more Greatest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/josh-mcdowell-4194_america_if-someone-tries-to-tell-you-you-are-the_570750.png" --- > [If someone tries to tell you you are the greatest generation in the history of America, don't believe them. You aren't. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/if-someone-tries-to-tell-you-you-are-the-greatest-generation-in-the/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/josh-mcdowell-4194_america_if-someone-tries-to-tell-you-you-are-the_570750.png) > [My greatest platform is not with all my degrees, everything else, it's not all my books, everything. It's that I'm known as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/my-greatest-platform-is-not-with-all-my-degrees-everything-else-it-s/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/josh-mcdowell-4194_books_my-greatest-platform-is-not-with-all-my_673586.png) > [When it comes to my salvation, all I need is Jesus; after my salvation, everything is Jesus plus the church... When people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/when-it-comes-to-my-salvation-all-i-need-is-jesus-after-my-salvation/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/josh-mcdowell-4194_after_when-it-comes-to-my-salvation-all-i-need_2877303.png) > [My greatest asset now is my focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/my-greatest-asset-now-is-my-focus/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/josh-mcdowell-4194_asset_my-greatest-asset-now-is-my-focus-297663_2976630.png) ## Other authors on Greatest ## More by Josh McDowell > [“People naturally have questions. They always have and always will. One of the key functions of apologetics, then, is to respond to questions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/people-naturally-have-questions-they-always-have-and-always-will-one/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but Jesus did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/why-don-t-the-names-of-buddha-mohammed-confucius-offend-people-the/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/i-ve-never-had-anyone-define-purity-you-probably-can-t-define-purity/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/if-jesus-christ-was-who-he-claimed-to-be-and-he-did-die-on-a-cross-at/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/the-new-testament-witnesses-were-fully-aware-of-the-background/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [One who claimed what Jesus claimed about himself couldn't be a good moral man or a prophet. That option isn't open to us, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/one-who-claimed-what-jesus-claimed-about-himself-couldn-t-be-a-good/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [“God placed humans on a plateau above the rest of creation when he fashioned them in his relational image and likeness. To”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/god-placed-humans-on-a-plateau-above-the-rest-of-creation-when-he/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, and thoroughly investigating its foundation, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/after-more-than-700-hours-of-studying-this-subject-and-thoroughly/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/where-i-once-constantly-lost-my-temper-i-found-myself-arriving-at-a/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [We no longer live in a post-Christian society, we live in an anti-Christian society, one in which the Christian faith is dismissed or ridiculed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/we-no-longer-live-in-a-post-christian-society-we-live-in-an-anti/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/true-love-is-spelled-g-i-v-e-it-is-not-based-on-what-you-can-get-but/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [Stephen L. Carter coined the phrase 'the culture of disbelief' to describe the prevailing hostility in Western culture toward public expressions of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/stephen-l-carter-coined-the-phrase-the-culture-of-disbelief-to/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [On that Sunday morning the first thing that impressed the people who approached the tomb was the unusual position of the one and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/on-that-sunday-morning-the-first-thing-that-impressed-the-people-who/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/what-you-are-as-a-single-person-you-will-be-as-a-married-person-only/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) > [Whenever you do judge, the only basis of judgment is not your own perspective or anything else, it's the very character and nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/whenever-you-do-judge-the-only-basis-of-judgment-is-not-your-own/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest/josh-mcdowell/#itemlist", "name": "4 Greatest Quotes By Josh McDowell", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If someone tries to tell you you are the greatest generation in the history of America, don't believe them. You aren't. 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