988 private quotes tagged god

“Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” — Galileo Galilei

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“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” — Francis of Assisi

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“There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.” — Thomas Merton

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“Adoration is caring for God above all else.” — Evelyn Underhill

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“The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” — Chester W. Nimitz

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“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” — Patrick Henry

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“Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.” — Garth Brooks

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“I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.” — Loretta Young

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“At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.” — E. Stanley Jones

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“Every morning I wake up and thank God.” — Aaron Neville

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“God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.” — Joseph Campbell

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“Laughter is God's blessing.” — Joseph Prince

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“The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'” — William Arthur Ward

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“God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” — Susan B. Anthony

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“It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.” — Joel Osteen

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“If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.” — Abu Bakr

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“God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.” — Peter Marshall

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“By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.” — Thomas Merton

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“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.” — Francis of Assisi

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