Quotes related to Matthew 5:16
We should not ask, 'What is wrong with the world?' for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, "What has happened to salt and light?
— John Stott
Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
— Francis Chan
All true religion must stand on true morality.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Religion is civilization, the highest.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Religion was made to order to "save the world," to use a phrase Christians use so much, but we really haven't been doing a good job of it for centuries. It's heartbreaking really.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
I have felt that the Gita teaches us that what cannot be followed in day-to-day practice cannot be called religion.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.
— Gordon Hinckley
As the little boy said to the Sunday School teacher after being told the reason we are on Earth is to help others: "Then what are the others here for?"
— Anonymous
Anyone with a purpose can make a difference.
— Zig Ziglar
Christians who live to be pleasing to God are so spiritually attractive that people want to know what makes them stand apart.
— Zig Ziglar
You may not be able to change the world, but when you change your world, you have taken a major step in changing the world. And when you change your world for the better, you have positioned yourself perfectly to change the world of those around you.
— Zig Ziglar
Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind … what we sow is what we reap. And when we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.
— Deepak Chopra