“You have in yourself some thing similar to God, and therefore use yourself as the temple of God, on account of that which in you resembles God.”

“Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.”

Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter

“Time, talent, and treasure. If people give their time to God’s work, that’s very important, and use the talents that God gives you, not for yourself, it’s for the greater glory of God, but you use your talents. Everybody's got different kind of talents, but you use some of your talents for the greater glory of building up the Kingdom of God on Earth.”

Michael Wiwchar (1932) Ukrainian Catholic bishop in the United States and Canada.

“You have to decide everything for yourself, then God will assist you in your cause.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The fact is that unless you experience something for yourself it does not exist for you. If God exists you must have the experience of God in the moment; otherwise you are absent and God cannot exist for you.”

Barry Long (1926–2003) Australian spiritual teacher and writer

“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

“The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary

“… every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you're denying yourself some of God's blessings. It's up to you. You can live a life with God's blessings, or just exist with all the consequences of choosing wrong.”

Terri Blackstock (1957) American writer

“You have to believe in yourself more than most people believe in god, or something. ”

Brian Molko (1972) musician