Quotes about God

„Success comes on God’s terms, in His time, and in His way. God only allowed me to have success after I’d been broken, after I’d stopped seeking success for myself, and after I’d come to terms with the idea that my labors for God might not ever bring me a penny. It was only after I’d lost everything that God was able to get my heart right to the point where He could trust me with success.“

—  Scott Cawthon American independent video game designer 1971

„Nature is my manifestation of God.
I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.“

—  Frank Lloyd Wright American architect (1867-1959) 1867 - 1959

„Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?“

—  John Piper American writer 1946

Variant: Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity of making much of God?

„Thanks! Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted this! You don't know… my brother sitting there, he says "Thank God we don't have to listen to anymore… you can do it now!" My mom's home, everyone's watching… I have to thank the people at Paramount; I have to thank Jerry Zucker for taking the time he took before he decided to use me because he was sure it was for me… I have to thank Patrick Swazye… he was a stand up guy and went to them and said "I wanna do it with her"… I wanna thank Demi… I wanna thank everybody who makes movies… I come from New York; as a kid, I lived in the projects and you're the people I watched… you're the people that made me wanna be an actor… I'm so proud to be here, I'm proud to be an actor and I'm gonna keep on acting, and thank you so much!“

—  Whoopi Goldberg American actress 1955

Best Supporting Actress of 1990 Acceptance Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHo8LyroI4, for Ghost
Oscar speech

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

—  Corrie ten Boom Dutch resistance hero and writer 1892 - 1983

„He prayed, 'Lord God, let us be the kind of Christians that you would be if you were a Christian'. ~ Ch. 24“

—  Sinclair Lewis American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright 1885 - 1951

The God-Seeker (1949)

„I am not surprised that men are not thankful to me; but I wonder that they are not grateful to God for the good which he has made me the instrument of conveying to my fellow-creatures.“

—  Edward Jenner English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination 1749 - 1823

The Life of Edward Jenner: With Illustrations of His Doctrines, and Selections from His Correspondence https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=7K9iwCjoUgkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, Vol. 2 (1838), by John Baron, p. 295

„God is the source of my supply. His riches flow to me freely, copiously, and abundantly. All my financial and other needs are met at every moment of time and point of space; there is always a divine surplus.“

—  Joseph Murphy American writer 1898 - 1981

„Ah, the giant that is Rembrandt; he's God, he's God!“

—  Chaim Soutine painter 1893 - 1943

Source: Diary of an art dealer, R. Gimpel, Farrar Strauss, New York, 1966, p. 437

„Of course, the human soul will always have the power to reject God, for choice is essential to its nature, but I cannot believe that anyone will finally do this.“

—  Leslie Weatherhead English theologian 1893 - 1976

p.287
The Christian Agnostic (1965)

„Being the source of goodness, God, even after our failures, calls us anew, not effacing entirely from our mind the knowledge of good, even if we have turned away from virtue through sin. This is what God, at present, also does for Adam in calling him although he has hidden himself, saying to him: 'Adam, where art thou?' Adam, in fact, had been placed there by God for the purpose of working and guarding Paradise; he had received this place from Him to be his own. Having distanced himself from there by disobedience, it is proper that he should hear from God: 'Where art thou?“

—  Didymus the Blind Coptic church theologian 313 - 398

„Be not judges yourselves of your own fantastical opinions and vain expositions; and although you be permitted to read Holy Scriptures and to have the Word of God in your mother tongue, you must understand it is licensed so to do only to inform your conscience and inform your children and families, not to make Scripture a railing and taunting stock against priests and preachers. I am very sorry to know and hear how irreverently that precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rimed, sung, and jangled in every alehouse and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.“

—  Henry VIII of England King of England from 1509 until 1547 1491 - 1547

Last speech to parliament, December 24, 1545.
English Church History from the Death of King Henry VII to the Death of Archbishop Parker, Rev. Alfred Plummer, 1905, Edinburg, T. & T. Clark, p. 85. http://books.google.com/books?id=ofMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA85&dq=%22+you+be+permitted+to+read+holy+scriptures%22

„Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god“

—  Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors 1943 - 1971

An American Prayer (1978)
Context: Now listen to this...
Ill tell you about texas radio and the big beat
Soft driven, slow and mad Like some new language
Reaching your head with the cold, sudden fury of a divine messenger
Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god
Wandering, wandering in hopeless night
Out here in the perimeter there are no stars...
Out here we is stoned...
Immaculate.

„Will of God.. whatever you wanna call it.. you call it Jesus, call it Mohammed, call it goobybob, call it nuclear mind, call it blow the world up, call it your heart. Whatever you wanna call it, it's still music to me. It's there. It's the will of life.“

—  Charles Manson American criminal and musician 1934 - 2017

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Xw5Dc_vWs by Geraldo Rivera (1981)

„If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.“

—  Corrie ten Boom Dutch resistance hero and writer 1892 - 1983

„From a distance I became more convinced than ever that Almighty God destined us to become a great people.“

—  Jânio Quadros Brazilian politician 1917 - 1992

"One Man's Cup of Coffee," Time Magazine profile (June 30, 1961)

„They will no longer love this world around us, this incomparable work of God, this glorious structure which He has built...“

—  Apuleius Berber prose writer in Latin 125 - 170

The Prophecy of Hermes Trismegistus

„She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

You'd probably kick my butt."

YouI'd kick your butt."

I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable… Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."

Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"

Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"

Oh, you so wanted to."

Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking…" My throat felt really dry.

Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft.

I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.

You're laughing at me," I complained.

I am not!"

You arenot making this easy."

Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands
around my neck. "I am never, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.“

—  Rick Riordan, book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

„God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love“

—  Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ N/E

Source: Tortured for Christ N/E