Inspirational Quotes by Philip Yancey

You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

— Philip Yancey

Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.

— Philip Yancey

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

— Philip Yancey

We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society?

— Philip Yancey

The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.

— Philip Yancey

We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out.

— Philip Yancey

Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.

— Philip Yancey

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

— Philip Yancey

When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain…

— Philip Yancey

I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will.

— Philip Yancey

We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.

— Philip Yancey

The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.

— Philip Yancey

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.

— Philip Yancey

Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down; it must grow internally, from the bottom up.

— Philip Yancey

People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen.

— Philip Yancey

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

— Philip Yancey

There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors.

— Philip Yancey

If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.

— Philip Yancey