Inspirational Quotes on Holiness

“Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”

“Holiness is not something we are called upon to do in order that we may become something; it is something we are to do because of what we already are.”

“What we count the ills of life are often blessings in disguise, resulting in good to us in the end. Though for the present not joyous but grievous, yet, if received in a right spirit, they work out fruits of righteousness for us at last.”

“Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.”

“The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.”

“Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.”

“You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.”

“A saint's life is in the hands of God as a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see; He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says, I cannot stand any more. But God does not heed; He goes on stretching until His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly.”

“God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.”

“All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.”

“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.”

“If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does.”

“Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights the battle, and that wins the crown.”

“We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to be so.”

“If you make a great deal of Christ, He will make a great deal of you; But it you make but little of Christ, He will make but little of you.”

“It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst of contention, as to keep your candle lighted in the greatest storms.”

“This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.”

“Those that look to be happy must first look to be holy.”

“Christlikeness is your eventual destination, but your journey will last a lifetime.”

“God does not want you to become a Go; he wants you to become godly - taking on his values, attitudes, and character.”