--- title: "12 Sacred Book Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Sacred Book quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Sacred Book sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book-1752790_1752790.jpg" --- > [“The Holy Bible is sacred book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book-1752790_1752790.jpg) > [“Holy Bible is a sacred book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/holy-bible-is-a-sacred-book/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_holy-bible-is-a-sacred-book-1639098_1639098.jpg) > [A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that's never read, - To himself he lives, and to all else seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-that-s-never-read-to-himself-he/) [Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/thomas-dekker-28647_poor_a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-th_2603076.jpg) > [If you take out of your statutes, your constitution, your family life all that is taken from the Sacred Book, what would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-harrison/if-you-take-out-of-your-statutes-your-constitution-your-family-life/) [Benjamin Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/benjamin-harrison-20766_book_if-you-take-out-of-your-statutes-your-co_1343166.png) > [There's nothing sacred about the book you've written. The Bible says there's safety in a multitude of counselors. The movie is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-peretti/there-s-nothing-sacred-about-the-book-you-ve-written-the-bible-says/) [Frank Peretti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-peretti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/frank-peretti-9465_bible_there-s-nothing-sacred-about-the-book-yo_546858.png) > [“People want black-and-white answers, but Scripture is rainbow arch across a stormy sky. Our sacred book is not an indexed answer book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/people-want-black-and-white-answers-but-scripture-is-rainbow-arch-2/) [Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/sarah-bessey-11185_books_people-want-black-and-white-answers-but_2286048.jpg) > [No nation is better than its sacred book. In that book are expressed its highest ideals of life, and no nation rises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-josiah-brewer/no-nation-is-better-than-its-sacred-book-in-that-book-are-expressed/) [David Josiah Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-josiah-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/david-josiah-brewer-30601_bible_no-nation-is-better-than-its-sacred-book_543374.jpg) > [ \[Why\] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fisher-ames/why-should-not-the-bible-regain-the-place-it-once-held-as-a-school/) [Fisher Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fisher-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/fisher-ames-19639_bible_why-should-not-the-bible-regain-the-plac_1033233.png) > [Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-muller/would-you-say-that-any-one-sacred-book-is-superior-to-all-others-in/) [Max Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-muller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/max-muller-10402_book_would-you-say-that-any-one-sacred-book-i_2918683.jpg) > [As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/as-commander-in-chief-i-take-pleasure-in-commending-the-reading-of/) [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_aids_as-commander-in-chief-i-take-pleasure-in_1303971.jpg) > [Every sacred book, successively, has been accepted in the faith that it was to be the final resting-place of the sojourning soul;but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/every-sacred-book-successively-has-been-accepted-in-the-faith-that-it/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/henry-david-thoreau-20_accepted_every-sacred-book-successively-has-been_2224212.jpg) > [“This is an organic religion. A religion of the people from heart to heart; a faith that finds the presence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arin-murphy-hiscock/this-is-an-organic-religion-a-religion-of-the-people-from-heart-to/) [Arin Murphy-Hiscock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arin-murphy-hiscock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/arin-murphy-hiscock-42721_beliefs_this-is-an-organic-religion-a-religion-o_2559547.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacred-book/#itemlist", "name": "Sacred Book Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Holy Bible is sacred book.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lailah Gifty Akita" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book-1752790_1752790.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book-1752790_1752790.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_the-holy-bible-is-sacred-book-1752790_1752790.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Holy Bible is sacred book.” — Lailah Gifty Akita", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Holy Bible is a sacred book.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lailah Gifty Akita" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/holy-bible-is-a-sacred-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_holy-bible-is-a-sacred-book-1639098_1639098.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_holy-bible-is-a-sacred-book-1639098_1639098.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/lailah-gifty-akita-11_bible_holy-bible-is-a-sacred-book-1639098_1639098.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Holy Bible is a sacred book.” — Lailah Gifty Akita", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that's never read, - To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Dekker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-that-s-never-read-to-himself-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/thomas-dekker-28647_poor_a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-th_2603076.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/thomas-dekker-28647_poor_a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-th_2603076.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/thomas-dekker-28647_poor_a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-th_2603076.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that's never read, - To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead” — Thomas Dekker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you take out of your statutes, your constitution, your family life all that is taken from the Sacred Book, what would there be left to bind society together?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Harrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-harrison/if-you-take-out-of-your-statutes-your-constitution-your-family-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/benjamin-harrison-20766_book_if-you-take-out-of-your-statutes-your-co_1343166.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/benjamin-harrison-20766_book_if-you-take-out-of-your-statutes-your-co_1343166.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/benjamin-harrison-20766_book_if-you-take-out-of-your-statutes-your-co_1343166.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you take out of your statutes, your constitution, your family life all that is taken from the Sacred…” — Benjamin Harrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's nothing sacred about the book you've written. 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