Altar Quotes
235 Altar quotes by 184 unique authors
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If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar.
— Jim Elliot
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I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God,…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Twice we stood beside each other at the altar, Rosie. Twice. And twice we got it wrong. I needed you to be there for my…
— Cecelia Ahern
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Has no one ever told you that it is the height of impropriety to kiss any gentleman, unless you have the intention of accompanying him…
— Georgette Heyer
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We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other. But what are we to say of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Regardless of the advertising campaigns may tell us, we can't have it all. Sacrifice is not an option, or an anachronism; it's a fact of…
— Tana French
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Ask yourself these three questions, Tatiana Metanova, and you will know who you are. Ask: what do you believe in? What do you hope for?…
— Paullina Simons
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I will love you like God, because of God, mighted by the power of God. I will stop expecting your love, demanding your love, trading…
— Donald Miller
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Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further.
— Margaret Mitchell
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That’s the tricky thing about love. It walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck. But after you sleep with…
— C.C. Hunter
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Neither torch nor dagger," Annabeth said firmly. "There is a third test, which I will pass." "A third test?" the pater demanded. "Mithras was born…
— Rick Riordan
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The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It was a Roman…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Jesus was not sent here to teach the people to build magnificent churches and temples amidst the cold wretched huts and dismal hovels. He came…
— Khalil Gibran
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The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next.
— Mark Twain
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We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.
— Florence Nightingale
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These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.
— Dan Rather
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Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach…
— Joseph Hopkinson
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One should hallow all that one does in one's natural life. One eats in holiness, tastes the taste of food in holiness, and the table…
— Martin Buber
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
— B.K.S. Iyengar
Who Wrote These Altar Quotes
184 authors contributed a total of 235 Altar Quotes, led by these top contributors: