--- title: "12 Turning God Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Turning God quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Turning God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/vespasian-57558_dear_dear-me-i-must-be-turning-into-a-god-247_2473780.png" --- > [Dear me! I must be turning into a god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vespasian/dear-me-i-must-be-turning-into-a-god/) [Vespasian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vespasian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/vespasian-57558_dear_dear-me-i-must-be-turning-into-a-god-247_2473780.png) > [Turning God into some kind of celestial insurance policy is just mental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-welby/turning-god-into-some-kind-of-celestial-insurance-policy-is-just/) [Justin Welby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-welby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/justin-welby-24211_celestial_turning-god-into-some-kind-of-celestial_1724975.jpg) > [Woe is me. Me thinks I'm turning into a god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vespasian/woe-is-me-me-thinks-i-m-turning-into-a-god/) [Vespasian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vespasian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/vespasian-57558_dying_woe-is-me-me-thinks-i-m-turning-into-a-g_1036526.png) > [When God saw that people, instead of turning to God, were turning to the medicine cabinet, God made himself available in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zalman-schachter-shalomi/when-god-saw-that-people-instead-of-turning-to-god-were-turning-to/) [Zalman Schachter-Shalomi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zalman-schachter-shalomi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/zalman-schachter-shalomi-49291_available_when-god-saw-that-people-instead-of-turn_475874.jpg) > [“There's nothing cool about turning against God. There's nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-groeschel/there-s-nothing-cool-about-turning-against-god-there-s-nothing-fun-or/) [Craig Groeschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-groeschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/craig-groeschel-1762_about_there-s-nothing-cool-about-turning-again_377296.png) > [Do you struggle with confusion? Not knowing which way to go? Here's why: We turn to means (help of creation, our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmin-mogahed/do-you-struggle-with-confusion-not-knowing-which-way-to-go-here-s-why/) [Yasmin Mogahed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmin-mogahed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/yasmin-mogahed-1335_confusion_do-you-struggle-with-confusion-not-knowi_686032.png) > [It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stanley/it-is-my-judgment-therefore-that-we-should-not-make-it-difficult-for/) [Andy Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stanley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/andy-stanley-737_difficult_it-is-my-judgment-therefore-that-we-shou_2819842.png) > [“turning to God gives people a sense of being enveloped in loving arms that are eternal and ultimately strong. People need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/turning-to-god-gives-people-a-sense-of-being-enveloped-in-loving-arms/) [Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/sheryl-sandberg-439_loving_turning-to-god-gives-people-a-sense-of-b_2602987.png) > [“all evaluations eventually boil down to this: Am I moving toward God or away from Him? Am I turning toward God with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-allender/all-evaluations-eventually-boil-down-to-this-am-i-moving-toward-god/) [Dan Allender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-allender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/dan-allender-39032_god_all-evaluations-eventually-boil-down-to_2713443.jpg) > [“When those that we have formerly been conversant with, are turning to God, and joining themselves to his people, it ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/when-those-that-we-have-formerly-been-conversant-with-are-turning-to/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/jonathan-edwards-770_people-god_when-those-that-we-have-formerly-been-co_1106409.png) > [“IV. When those that we have formerly been conversant with are turning to God, and to his people, their example ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/iv-when-those-that-we-have-formerly-been-conversant-with-are-turning/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/jonathan-edwards-770_friendship_iv-when-those-that-we-have-formerly-been_1783154.jpg) > [At that instant he knew that all his doubts, even the impossibility of believing with his reason, of which he was aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/at-that-instant-he-knew-that-all-his-doubts-even-the-impossibility-of/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/leo-tolstoy-55_believe_at-that-instant-he-knew-that-all-his-dou_1480959.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/turning-god/#itemlist", "name": "Turning God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dear me! 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