Inspiring Religious Quotes to Uplift Your Spirit

"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

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

- Matthew 21:2

"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

"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

"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

"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

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me."

- Psalm 23:4

"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

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

- Proverbs 17:17

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

- Ephesians 4:32

"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

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

- Matthew 18:20

"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

"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

"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

"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 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."

- Paul

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

- Matthew 11:28

"With God, all things are possible."

- Matthew 19:26

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

- Saint Augustine

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

- Romans 8:31

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

- Charles Stanley

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

- John Piper

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

- Corrie ten Boom

"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

"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

"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

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

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"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

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

- Khalil Gibran

"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

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

- Saint Augustine

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

- Blaise Pascal

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

- Voltaire

"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 is not contrary to reason."

- Sherwood Eddy

"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

"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

"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

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

- Hebrews 11:1

"For nothing will be impossible with God."

- Luke 1:37

"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

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

- Nannie Helen Burroughs

"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

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

- 1 Corinthians 13:13

"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

"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

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

- Proverbs 3:6

"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

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

- Matthew 5:16

"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

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

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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

- 2 Peter 3:18

"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

"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

"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

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

- Psalm 19:1

"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

"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

- Alan Watts

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

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"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

"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

"If you lose faith, you lose all."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"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 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

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

- Victoria Arlen

"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

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"May you open your hands, dropping all that troubles you at his feet."

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