Inspiring Christian Quotes to Uplift Your Spirit

"Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see."

- Corrie ten Boom

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."

- Psalm 23:1

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

- Romans 8:28

"Let all that you do be done in love."

- 1 Corinthians 16:14

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

- Philippians 4:6

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

- Matthew 6:21

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God."

- Matthew 5:8

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."

- Proverbs 3:5-6

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

- Jesus

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."

- Galatians 5:22-23

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."

- 2 Timothy 1:7

"And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

- Micah 6:8

"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"You can only learn what obedience is by obeying."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you."

- Timothy Keller

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."

- Thomas Aquinas

"Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you."

- J.I. Packer

"A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man."

- Leonard Ravenhill

"Faith makes all things possible. Love makes them easy."

- D.L. Moody

"The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting."

- Oswald Chambers

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."

- Martin Luther

"When you have faith in God, you don't have to worry about the future. You just know it's all in His hands. You just go to and do your best."

- Elder Bryan Mathison

"Faith is unseen but felt, faith is strength when we feel we have none, faith is hope when all seems lost."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams."

- Ben Carson

"No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!"

- Joyce Meyer

"I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors."

- Joel Osteen

"My faith didn't remove the pain, but it got me through the pain. Trusting God didn't diminish or vanquish the anguish, but it enabled me to endure it."

- Robert Rogers

"Every day you need to get a full dose of the Word and meditate on scripture, and if you discipline yourself and remain consistent, your faith will grow and mature, and remember that God, the Word, and your faith, is a recipe for success."

- Stephanie Williams

"Hearing how God is moving in other places encourages and inspires our faith for what God wants to do in our own corner of the world."

- Matt Brown

"We can look at Job, we can look at Lamentations, we can look at the Psalms, we can look at so many heroes of the faith who at different times had questions, who faced unbelief, yet God kept them, and they continued, in their doubts, to lean towards God, to lean and doubt in a way that continued to keep them attached to the vine and seeking Jesus in all of it."

- Laura Wifler

"Every single thing He has ever or will ever say is true. The simplicity of faith is this: taking God’s Word for it."

- Jackie Hill Perry

"We can let go of burdens like condemnation and worry, perfectionism and insecurity. And we can cling desperately—even through tears—to the assurance that God knows, he cares, and he loves us with an infinite love. We can lay our burdens at the feet of Christ and receive what he offers instead."

- Sarah J. Hauser

"The answer to our fears is faith—real, fear-shrinking faith—in the God who loves us and gave himself for us."

- Jani Ortlund

"Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them."

- Mahalia Jackson

"The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness."

- Henry David Thoreau

"The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith."

- Billy Graham

"I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve."

- Tim Tebow

"Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don't have to have the most talent in the world. You don't have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful."

- Dean Cain

"If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that."

- Karlie Kloss

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."

- Helen Keller

"Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life."

- Gregory Peck

"True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie."

- A.W. Tozer

"In faith, there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t."

- Blaise Pascal

"Faith is not believing in my own unshakable belief. Faith is believing an unshakable God when everything in me trembles and quakes."

- Beth Moore

"Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods."

- C.S. Lewis

"Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth."

- Susan Taylor

"Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith."

- A.W. Tozer

"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."

- G.K. Chesterton

"Sometimes the worst conditions can often provide the best atmosphere to act in faith. God doesn't want our confidence regulated by our audience. If faith-discouragers can shake our confidence badly enough to disable us, our confidence may be in ourselves instead of God."

- Beth Moore

"It is a blessing for our children to see us live out our faith—trusting in God’s good character and provision—even when we don’t have all the answers."

- Marissa Bondurant

"Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right."

- Max Lucado

"Just as love is a verb, so is faith."

- Nannie Helen Burroughs

"I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation."

- Joel Osteen

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."

- 1 Corinthians 13:13

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

- 2 Peter 3:18

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."

- Psalm 19:1

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 8:38-39

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

"Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

- Matthew 5:16

"In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."

- Proverbs 3:6

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will."

- Romans 12:2

"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."

- Colossians 3:15

"But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."

- Isaiah 40:31

"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

- Galatians 2:20

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God."

- Ephesians 2:8

"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song, I praise him."

- Psalm 28:7

"Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"

- John 14:6

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."

- Romans 8:28

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

- Philippians 4:8

"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."

- John Piper

"True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises."

- Francis Chan

"He said “Love…as I have loved you.” We cannot love too much."

- Amy Carmichael

"What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

"When we work, we work. When we pray, God works."

- James Hudson Taylor

"Joy is the infallible proof of the presence of God."

- Madeleine L’engle

"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them."

- Elisabeth Elliot

"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."

- Saint Teresa of Avila

"Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

- Garth Brooks

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

- C.S. Lewis

"What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Christ literally walked in our shoes."

- Tim Keller

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

- Saint Augustine

"I’m not perfect. I’m never going to be. And that’s the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you’re trying to get better every day. You’re trying to improve."

- Tim Tebow

"Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time."

- Oswald Chambers

"God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."

- Tony Evans

"Life is God’s novel. Let him write it."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

- Thomas Aquinas

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength."

- Corrie Ten Boom

"If you can see it, you can achieve it. God helps those who helps themselves. Power is in the act of humility."

- Patricia Amis

"The principle part of faith is patience."

- George MacDonald

"However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts."

- John Calvin

"The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way."

- Dean Stanley

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

- Plato

"I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian."

- Saint Ignatius

"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life."

- Charles Stanley

"What the world neglects, the Lord accepts."

- Deborah Brodie

"God never made a promise that was too good to be true."

- Dwight L. Moody

"A town built on a hill cannot be hidden."

- Matthew

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever."

- Psalm 136:1

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

- Proverbs 3:5

"We love because he first loved us."

- 1 John 4:19

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

- Romans 12:12

"For nothing will be impossible for God."

- Luke 1:37

"The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble."

- Psalm 9:9

"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins."

- 1 Peter 4:8

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another."

- John 13:34

"Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude."

- 1 Corinthians 13:4-6

"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."

- 1 John 4:8

"And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you."

- 1 Thessalonians 3:12

"The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these."

- Mark 12:31

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

- 1 Corinthians 13:13

"Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves."

- Romans 12:10

"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."

- 1 John 4:16

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness."

- Jeremiah 31:3

"For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations."

- Psalm 100:5

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law."

- Romans 13:8

"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

- 1 John 3:18

"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."

- Proverbs 3:3

"But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever."

- Psalm 52:8

"Everything should be done in love."

- 1 Corinthians 16:14

"Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep."

- Psalm 36:5-6

"Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes up for all offenses."

- Proverbs 10:12

"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

- Matthew 5:44

"No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us."

- 1 John 4:12

"But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me."

- Micah 7:7

"Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken."

- Psalm 62:5-6

"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."

- Mark 12:30

"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection, and to mutual affection, love."

- 2 Peter 1:5-7

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

- 1 Peter 5:6-7

"Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

- Psalm 23:6

"Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’"

- John 20:29

"I remain confident of this, I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."

- Psalm 27:13-14

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

- Isaiah 40:31

"Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”"

- John 11:40

"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them."

- John 7:38

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

- Romans 5:1

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

- Philippians 4:6-7

"Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

- Matthew 17:20

"Everything is possible for one who believes."

- Mark 9:23

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

- John 16:33

"The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?"

- Psalm 27:1

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

- 2 Timothy 4:7

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

- John 15:13

"Therefore encourage one another to build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:11

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God."

- 1 John 4:7

"Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty."

- Job 6:14

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity."

- Proverbs 17:17

"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."

- Proverbs 27:17

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."

- Ephesians 4:32

"Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor."

- Romans 12:10

"One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend."

- Proverbs 17:9

"Two people are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. If they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help."

- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

"Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other."

- 1 John 4:11

"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."

- Matthew 18:20

"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

- Proverbs 18:24

"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm."

- Proverbs 13:20

"Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel."

- Proverbs 27:9

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!"

- Psalm 133:1

"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ."

- Galatians 6:2

"Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die — there will I be buried."

- Ruth 1:16-17

"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."

- Romans 12:18

"And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother."

- 1 John 4:21

"Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor."

- Proverbs 21:21

"Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

- Isaiah 12:2

"But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble."

- Psalm 59:16

"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day."

- Psalm 46:5

"That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

- 2 Corinthians 12:10

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."

- Deuteronomy 31:6

"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him."

- Psalm 28:7

"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."

- Proverbs 31:25

"The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace."

- Psalm 29:11

"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

- Isaiah 41:10

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

- Psalm 73:26

"I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."

- Psalm 121:1-2

"And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."

- 1 Peter 5:10

"Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

- Nehemiah 8:10

"The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him—my father’s God, and I will exalt him."

- Exodus 15:2

"Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always."

- 1 Chronicles 16:11

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging."

- Psalm 46:1-3

"The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."

- Psalm 18:2

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

- Joshua 1:9

"Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord."

- Bible (Psalm 31:24)

"The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation."

- Psalm 118:14

"There are far better things ahead than anything we leave behind."

- C.S. Lewis

"If God is for us, who can be against us?"

- Romans 8:31

"May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be."

- Saint Therese

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

- Corrie ten Boom

"Remember who you are. Don't compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth."

- Lysa TerKeurst

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."

- St. Francis of Assisi

"Look for Christ and you will find him, and with him everything else."

- C.S. Lewis

"Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction."

- Timothy Keller

"Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some person ever reads."

- William J. Toms

"I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day."

- Tim Tebow

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

- Saint Augustine

"God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible. What a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves."

- AW Tozer

"My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it."

- Brennan Manning

"If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart."

- Oswald Chambers

"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ."

- Billy Graham

"Let all you do be done with love."

- 1 Corinthians 16:24

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

- Philippians 4:13

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

- Joshua 1:9

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

- Isaiah 41:10

"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you."

- Isaiah 43:2

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths."

- Proverbs 3:5-6

"May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you His peace."

- Numbers 6:24-26

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

- Galatians 5:22

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

- Romans 15:13

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."

- Matthew 11:28

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever."

- 1 Chronicles 16:34

"With God, all things are possible."

- Matthew 19:26

"When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust."

- Hudson Taylor

"Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God."

- Jim Elliot

"Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading."

- Oswald Chambers

"The world needs Christians who don’t tolerate the complacency of their own lives."

- Francis Chan

"Christ’s death is the Christian’s life. Christ’s cross is the Christian’s title to heaven."

- J.C. Ryle

"It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all."

- David Brainerd

"Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs."

- Jonathan Edwards

"Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to His character have we become?"

- Elyse Fitzpatrick

"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."

- Oswald Chambers

"Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness."

- Martin Luther

"Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened."

- Charles Spurgeon

"To judge a person’s heart is only to expose what’s in your own."

- Frank Viola

"Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love."

- John Stott

"The lukewarm do not embrace the cross; they merely drag it along."

- St. Teresa of Avila

"If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way."

- Thomas Aquinas

"I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength."

- Adam Young

"God calls us to go against the grain when the grain is going against God. Be IN the world, not OF the world."

- Tony Evans

"A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian… and most of all, his family ought to know."

- D.L. Moody

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried."

- G.K. Chesterton

"The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don’t even like the word."

- Charles Stanley

"A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness."

- Jonathan Edwards

"You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him."

- A.W. Tozer

"After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness."

- A.W. Pink

"We are not here to be overcome, but to rise unvanquished after every knockout blow, and laugh the laugh of faith, not fear."

- Amy Carmichael

"God requires to be represented by a fiery Church…two things are intolerable to Him – insincerity and lukewarmness."

- E.M. Bounds

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him."

- Phillips Brooks

"You need not to know much about Heaven – it is where Christ is, and that is Heaven enough for us."

- C.S. Lewis

"Nothing so clearly discovers a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother."

- St. Augustine

"The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes."

- Thomas Watson

"Take a saint, and put him into any condition, and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord."

- Walter Cradock

"Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude – an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God."

- A.W. Pink

"He became what we are that He might make us what He is."

- St. Athanasius

"The tragedy of life…is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that knowing Him they still insist on going their own way."

- William Barclay

"For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience."

- Alfred Edersheim

"Christians should be like a flower store: the odor of sanctity should betray them wherever they are."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven."

- Randy Alcorn

"I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans."

- George MacDonald

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."

- Mother Teresa

"If you lose faith, you lose all."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

- Hebrews 11:1

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

- Ephesians 2:8-9

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

- John 3:16

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

- Khalil Gibran

"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe."

- Voltaire

"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

- Alan Watts

"If you have a good support system like your family and your friends around you, then you can't go wrong. So just believe in yourself, do you your thing, and stay strong in what you believe in."

- Roman Reigns

"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them."

- Steve Jobs

"I don't think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith."

- Nicholas Sparks

"In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."

- Matthew 21:2

"It's important to believe in yourself and the beauty of your dreams and to not let anyone tell you different."

- Victoria Arlen

"Faith is not contrary to reason."

- Sherwood Eddy

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe."

- Mitch Albom

"I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason."

- Elie Wiesel

"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

- Alan Watts

"Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish."

- Brad Henry

"Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith."

- Garth Brooks

"Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it."

- Diane Sawyer

"Faith that it's not always in your hands or things don't always go the way you planned, but you have to have faith that there is a plan for you, and you must follow your heart and believe in yourself no matter what."

- Martina McBride

"Believe in yourself when nobody else does."

- Mary J. Blige

"You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground."

- A. J. McLean

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"For nothing will be impossible with God."

- Luke 1:37

"What is your purpose? Why are you here? Start small and find out."

- Nannie Helen Burroughs

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it."

- J. M. Barrie

"A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being."

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong."

"He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless."

"But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."

"And Jesus said to him, 'Go your way; your faith has made you well.' And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way."

"But someone will say, 'You have faith and I have works.' Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works."

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

"For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."

"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls."

"Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."

"And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise."

"I trust the next chapter because I know the author."

"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday."

"The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair."

"Then Jesus said, 'Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?'"