Quotes About God

God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in he middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes.

Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

I beg You, O my God, to be my life, my ship, my haven. You have made me ascend the cross of Your Son and I struggle to accept it as best I can. I am sure that I shall never come down from it.

Today let us all ask ourselves whether we are afraid of what God might ask, or of what he does ask.... Do I truly let God into my life? How do I answer him?

Mary's life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble.

Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who 'pleased God and was loved by him' and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.

The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator.

Death is God's delightful way of giving us life.

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life.

One life totally devoted to God is of more value to Him than one hundred lives which have been simply awakened by His Spirit.

Coleridge cried; "O God, how glorious it is to live!" Renan asks, "O God, when will it be worth while to live?" In Nature we echo the poet; in the world we echo the thinker.

To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.

God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every moment of my life. We are so fortunate just to be alive.

God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us.

And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. For now, do not worry about "proper" praying, just talk to God.

I'm not good with children," the god confessed. "Or people. Well, any organic life forms, really.

Faith is choosing and believing God's dream for your life. Nothing starts happening in your life until you start dreaming. God gave you the ability to dream, to create, to imagine.

As long as you pretend to be self-sufficient, you short-circuit God's power in your life. You need to admit your inadequacy and say, "God, I can't handle this!"

The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.

God does not owe me an explanation for what He does in my life. And if I am looking for that to feel better about my suffering, then I'm not going to get it.

Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.

For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s.