God Quotes

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And now, like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career, and just fade away... an old soldier who tried to do his duty, as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good - Bye.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Farewell address, quoted on "We Interrupt This Broadcast" CD - ROM
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.
Homer, The Iliad
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery Forbid it, Almighty God I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
Patrick Henry
True poverty does not come from God.
Yiddish Prove
If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.
G. K. Chesterton
Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead.
Emmet Fox
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
Georges Duhamel
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Alexander Pope
Christians rejoice because God is their heavenly Father who forgives the penitent, because God sent his Son into the world for the salvation of all who have faith, because Jesus Christ not only died but was raised again from the dead and because joy is one of the ninefold fruits of the Spirit.
W. G. Morrice
How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.
Robert J. Sawyer, "Calculating God", 2000
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How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods.
Paul Claudel
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
Eric Hoffe
The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.
Marquis de Sade
Age, health, and stage in life have nothing to do with serving or not serving. In each season of life there are attributes and qualities of life and experience that God values in service.
Bruce Kempe
EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. We? re looking for something, though we? re not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist.
Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, February 13, 2003
He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.
Bill Bryson
Surely God causes the seed and the stone to sprout He brings forth the living from the dead, and He is the bringer forth of the dead from the living.
Koran
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good do good. Be kind be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.
Swami Sivanada
Religion is pickled God.
H. G. Wells, H. G. Wells Society
God must become an activity in our consciousness.
Joel S. Goldsmith
An honest man is the noblest work of God.
Alexander Pope
God enters by a private door into every individual.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webste
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Elbert Hubbard
Religion is a defense against the experience of God.
Carl Jung
God bless thee and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty.
William Shakespeare
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
Seneca
It is pleasing to God whenever you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
Martin Luthe
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!
Patrick Henry
Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace.
Saint Augustine
Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a happy afterlife.
Kahlil Gibran
Not even the gods fight against necessity.
Simonides, from Plato, Dialogues, Protagoras
God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things done.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusades a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thank God I have done my duty.
Horation Nelson, Admiral British Navy, dying words
If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior.
Max Lucado
I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.
Fran Lebowitz