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Lord Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
- Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before,…
- The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your…
- One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity…
- Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing…
- Our inclination is to show our Lord only what we feel comfortable with. But the more we dare to reveal our whole trembling self to…
- It is this nothingness (in solitude) that I have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me wants to run…
- We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with Him and Him alone. Only in the context of grace…
More Lord Quotes
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. — Francis of Assisi
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. — Saint Augustine
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is… — Teresa of Avila
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered… — Teresa of Avila