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The bible is arguably the world’s most-read and well-known book of all time, and many people find comfort from the words written within. Oftentimes you will hear people quoting lines or passages that are relevant to a certain situation, which helps them or others to make sense of whatever is happening at the time.
But God quotes don’t just come from the bible, and in fact, many of the following quotes are simpler to understand and apply than the ones you might find in the Good Book. Written and spoken by some of the world’s most influential people, these words will help you to think about God in a way that, perhaps, the Bible doesn’t quite convey.
Relevant to modern times and modern circ*mstance, these God quotes from physicists, activists, revolutionaries and more will unravel the sometimes-poetic wording that comes from the Bible, and give it a more modern-day meaning that you can take on board, to help you to navigate life in a more meaningful and spiritual way.
If you’re looking for quotes about faith and god, take a look at these bible quotes, these spiritual quotes and these Christian quotes.
Quotes About God
“Whether it is the big picture of God that is distorted, or little tidbits of Him that have been twisted over the years, we need to make sure our definition of God is in line with scripture.” – Michelle Lynn Brown
“God’s truth judges created things out of love, and Satan’s truth judges them out of envy and hatred.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Knowing YOU is the Best WAY of Knowing GOD and Knowing GOD is the best WAY of Knowing YOU.” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
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“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Corrie ten Boom
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.” – Voltaire
“Jesus’s command to follow him is a command to align our loves and longings with his – to want what God wants, to desire what God desires, to hunger and thirst after God and crave a world where he is all in all -a vision encapsulated by the shorthand ‘the kingdom of God’.” – James K. A. Smith
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“God always strives together with those who strive.” – Aeschylus
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa
“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: Go down again – I dwell among the people.” – John Henry Newman
“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.” – Martin Luther
“He is the same God, yesterday, today, and forever. He is our heavenly Father who is merciful, kind, and full of compassion.” – Vincent KMC
“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck
“God knows your heart and is not concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.” – Jeanette Duby
“…the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.” – Philip Yancey
“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.” – C.S. Lewis
“There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.” – Alistair Begg
“The End of Every Wildlife is the Same, a PREY and the End of Every Human Life is the Same, a PRAY.” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one.” – A.W. Tozer
“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.” – Martin Luther
“I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.” – A. R. Rahman
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” – Augustine
“I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.” – Bob Marley
“You should be courageous, not because of who you are and what you’ve done, but because of who God is and what He has done!” – Wayne A. Mack
“The man who asks for an answer is a fool for a minute and the man who does not ask for an answer is a fool for life.” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C.S. Lewis
“Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish.” – Albert Einstein
“God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.” – Tony Evans
“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.” – Max Lucado
“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.” – John Lennon
“People say that God doesn’t speak directly to us, but I know that if you want to hear what God is saying to you, all you have to do is ask.” – Jodi Arndt
“We are finite beings, and God is infinitely greater than any thoughts we can contain about divine reality in our wondrous but tiny minds.” – Miroslav Volf
“At Bethlehem, God struck a blow to liberate the world from sin and death. And his front line soldier was a tiny baby boy.” – Ray Pritchard
“Even though God gave mankind through the power of choice the ability to apply and accept wisdom and knowledge, He also gave us the choice whether to accept His ways along with wisdom and knowledge.” – Carol Bright
“God has no religion.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.” – Soren Kierkegaard
“I will neither die for you nor I will die against you, I am immortal, I am God.” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“God’s word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we’ll never make it through.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“God chose Mary for many reasons, but many are left wondering why He picked a women as young, poor, and vulnerable as Mary. Perhaps it was to demonstrate that God sees everyone as equals, and there is no class distinction when it comes to Kingdom matters.” – Sarah Lawrence
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” – Billy Graham
“God said that when we have His joy that our joy would be full or leveled up, in other words that His joy will satisfy us.” – Sahne Callahan
“In our trials and failures, God desires to draw us closer to him through his Word, prayer, and the saints.” – Gregory Brown
“Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God’s way of moving you in another direction.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The Preaching of the gospel is a great opportunity to share with the people of God some wonderful and enriching insights that shed a tremendous light unveiling the truths of God.” – Dr. Joseph R Rogers Sr
“God’s word is not just to be heard and repeated; it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action.” – Steve Maraboli
“God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.” – Albert Einstein
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia
“The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.” – Plato
“God is love. God proved His love not by His need of us, but by His giving to us.” – T.D. Jakes
“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” – Oscar Wilde
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” – Albert Einstein
“No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!” – Joyce Meyer
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” – Woody Allen
“There is nothing you could ever do that would change the way God feels about you.” – John Burke
“God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.” – Jim Elliot
“So at least let me briefly state that the Bible is not man’s best thoughts about God, but rather-and there is ample evidence- the Bible is in fact God’s thoughts on paper.” – Michael Fabarez
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