--- title: "8 Interests God Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Interests God quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Interests God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/t-b-joshua-2272_action_if-your-actions-are-motivated-by-selfish_70588.png" --- > [If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-b-joshua/if-your-actions-are-motivated-by-selfish-interests-rather-than-god/) [T. B. Joshua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-b-joshua/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/t-b-joshua-2272_action_if-your-actions-are-motivated-by-selfish_70588.png) > [Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/sanctification-costs-to-the-extent-of-an-intense-narrowing-of-all-our/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/oswald-chambers-205_cost_sanctification-costs-to-the-extent-of-an_647112.png) > [I think God’s hope and plan for us is pretty simple to figure out. For those who resonate with formulas, here it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goff/i-think-god-s-hope-and-plan-for-us-is-pretty-simple-to-figure-out-for/) [Bob Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/bob-goff-1182_add_i-think-god-s-hope-and-plan-for-us-is-pr_781862.jpg) > [ \[W\]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/w-isdom-consists-in-following-providence-step-by-step-and-you-can-be/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/vincent-de-paul-1676_faith_w-isdom-consists-in-following-providence_1927085.jpg) > [It is because God is infinitely great and good that his glory is the end of all things; and his good pleasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/it-is-because-god-is-infinitely-great-and-good-that-his-glory-is-the/) [Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/charles-hodge-9426_all-things_it-is-because-god-is-infinitely-great-an_2345850.jpg) > [“What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.” ALBERT EINSTEIN”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/what-really-interests-me-is-whether-god-had-any-choice-in-the/) [Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/michael-crichton-694_albert-einstein_what-really-interests-me-is-whether-god_2366026.jpg) > [What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/what-interests-me-most-is-whether-god-could-have-made-the-world/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/albert-einstein-33_differently_what-interests-me-most-is-whether-god-co_2464835.jpg) > [What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the World.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/what-really-interests-me-is-whether-god-had-any-choice-in-the-2/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/albert-einstein-33_choice_what-really-interests-me-is-whether-god_2910646.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interests-god/#itemlist", "name": "Interests God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "T. 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