Quotes by Author


Armstrong, Louis- "All music is folk music.  I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."


Brooks, Phillips- "The Bible is like a telescope.  If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond, but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.  The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond."

"The true way to be humble is not to stoop till thou art smaller than thyself, but to stand at thy real height against some higher nature that will show thee what the real smallness of thy greatness is."

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett- "People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

Bunyan, John- "The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man's mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things."


Chambers, Oswald-"There is a difference between innocence and purity. Innocence is the characteristic of a child, purity is the characteristic of a man or woman who knows what the tendencies and temptations to go wrong are, and who has overcome them."

Chesterton, G. K.-  "When a man stops believing in God, he does not believe in nothing, he believes in anything."

---"Christianity has not been tried and found wanting.  It has been found difficult and left untried."

---"I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess."


Dawson, Joy- "Intimate friendship with Him totally ruined me for the ordinary."

Donne, John- "More than kisses, letters mingle souls."


Edison, Thomas- "There ain't no rules around here!  We're trying to accomplish something."

Einstein, Albert- "God is subtle, but He is not malicious.  I cannot believe that God plays dice with the world."

---"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Eldredge, John- "Life is not a problem to be solved, it is an adventure to be lived."

Eliot, Charles W.- "Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

Elliot, Jim- "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo- "I hate quotations.  Tell me what you know."


Feather, William- "After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true."

Fenelon- "I no longer desire anything but to be Thine."

Fix, Paul- "The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."

Franklin, Benjamin- "Dost thou love life?  Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."

---"Remember not only to say the right thing at the right time in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the wrong moment."

---"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do."

Frost, Robert- "In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life.  It goes on."

Fuller, Buckminster- "Faith is much better than belief.  Belief is when someone else does the thinking."


Guiterman, Arthur- "God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher."


Hallesby, O.- "It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are in the presence of God.  We can come into His presence and rest our weary souls in quiet contemplation of Him. Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him."


Johnson, Samuel- "A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good."

---"As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy."

---"Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasure."


Keen, Sam- "We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

a Kempis, Thomas- "Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

---"I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book."


Laubach, Frank- "The trouble with nearly everyone who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply.  Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas." 

Luhrmann, Baz- "Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours."

---"Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young."

Luther, Martin- "I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

---"Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren."

---"Fear the Spirit of God...who is not deceived by stupid speeches."


MacDonald, George- "The principal part of faith is patience."

Marshall, Peter- "Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we are right, make us easy to live with."

Milne, A. A.- "Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it's not all mixed up."

Moody, Dwight L.-"I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met."

---"It is a great deal better to live a holy life than to talk about it.  Lighthouses do not ring bells and fire cannon to call attention to their sharing-they just shine." 

Murray, Andrew- "The essential idea of fruit is that it is the silent natural restful produce of our inner life." 

---"Beware in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do."


Newton, John- "The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from Himself: He kindled it and He keeps it alive; and because it is His work, I trust many waters shall not quench it."


Owen, John- "He who prays as he ought will endeavour to live as he prays."


Pascal, Blaise- "Instead of complaining that God has hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself."

Perkins, John- "Religion gone bad is the darkest spot on earth."

Phillips, Wendell- "Christianity is a battle, not a dream."

Piper, John- "Missions exists because worship doesn't."

 

REal Magazine- "The radical views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily the views of those who oppose them."

 

Sayers, Dorothy- "That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear, because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority."

Selden, John- "Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that; He knows best wheat is good for us.  If your boy should ask you for a suit of clothes and give you reasons, would you endure it?  You know his needs better than he; let him ask for a suit of clothes."

Spurgeon, Charles- "Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus."

---"There are no crown wearers in Heaven who were not cross bearers here below."

 

Temple, William- "If Christianity has never frightened us, we have not yet learnt what it is."

Teresa of Avila- "Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds."

Tozer, A. W.- "A loving personality dominates the Bible, walking among the trees of the garden and breathing fragrance over every scene.  Always a living person is present, speaking, pleading, loving, working, and manifesting Himself whenever and wherever His people have the receptivity necessary to receive the manifestation."

Twain, Mark- "Always do right.  This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest."

 

Urbana 2000 speaker- "Is what you're living for, worth dying for?"

 

von Zinzendorf, Count Nicolaus Ludwig- "I have but one passion-it is He alone.  The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ."

 

Westheimer, Frank- "A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library."

Wesley, John- "I set myself on fire, and people came to watch me burn."

Whitehead, Alfred North- "Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance." 

Wigglesworth, Smith- "You have to bring your mind to the Word of God and not try to bring the Word of God to your mind."

---"To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near to God."

---"I can get more out of God by believing Him for one minute than by shouting at Him all night."

---"The plan of God for your life is that you should be held captive by His power, doing that which you in the natural world would never do, but that which you are forced to do by the power of the Holy Ghost moving through you."

Wilde, Oscar- "Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go."


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