Inspirational Christian Quotes

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”

“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.”

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”

“If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.”

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.”

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”