God Quotes

Shirley maclaine - i could be whatever i wanted to be if i trusted...
Whom the gods love dies young.
Menander, The Double Deceive
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery Forbid it, Almighty God I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
Patrick Henry
Americans expect to eat and stay thin, to be constantly on the move and ever more neighborly... to revere God and be God.
Daniel J. Boorstin
To be closer to God, be closer to people.
Kahlil Gibran
If theres one thing I know its God does love a good joke.
Hugh Elliott
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith.
Thomas Jefferson
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Sir Francis Bacon
To them that ask, where have you seen the gods, or how do you know for certain there are gods, that you are so devout in their worship I answer Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.
Marcus Aelius Aurelius
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.
Horace Mann
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink - Offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
Aeschylus (525 - 456 B. C.), Frag. 146 (trans. by Plumptre).
W. e. orchard - just as there is a lower carelessness which means...
After all, he thought he was God.
FBI agent on why it was difficult to negotiate with David Koresh
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Baltasar Gracian
We want God to come and save us. But he won? t. God doesn? t stop levees from failing, he doesn? t stay the force of tsunamis, and he doesn? t stop planes from smashing into buildings. Deus Ex Machina is overrated.
Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 09 - 09 - 05
Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.
Charlotte Bronte
It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.
Arnold Bennett
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George Smith Patton, Jr.
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - And shudder.
Bible, James 2: 19 (New International Version)
Religion is pickled God.
H. G. Wells, H. G. Wells Society
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
Albert Einstein
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor Hugo
Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.
Homer, The Iliad
Souls woven together by the gods can never be unraveled.
Jose Raul Bernardo, Silent Wing (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
Create like a god. Command like a king. Work like a slave!
Constantin Brancusi
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
Seneca
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Albert Einstein
Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
William Shakespeare
God sells knowledge for labour - - Honour for risk.
Arabic Prove
The Lord God is subtle, but malicious He is not.
Albert Einstein
I refuse to be labeled immoral merely because I am godless.
Peter Walke
Each of us, as members of the Body of Christ, has been given at least one spiritual gift. Besides this, there are the natural abilities with which God has endowed us. He intends these to primarily be used for the edification of the Body of believers. There is no such thing as a private gift Rom. 126 - 8.
Bruce Kempe
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuh
Not even the gods fight against necessity.
Simonides, from Plato, Dialogues, Protagoras
There are two kinds of people those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way.
C. S. Lewis
I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Richard Wagne
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
Sophocles
The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.
Larry Niven, Ringworld
We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it.
John Owen
Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.
Blaise Pascal