Quotes related to Matthew 5:16
One must begin in one's own life the private solutions that can only in turn become public solutions.
— Wendell Berry
Act as if what you do makes a difference, it does.
— William James
Success is causing the world around you to aspire to your inspiration.
— Chris Oyakhilome
God's idea is for us to become the Word of God, in such a way that men can read the Word by looking at our lives.
— Chris Oyakhilome
You are not a success until you start changing other lives permanently.
— Chris Oyakhilome
Isn't it interesting that in Acts 11, at the end of verse 26, it says, "The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." What I find interesting is the simple thought that the Christians didn't name themselves. But rather, they were called (or named) "Christians" by those watching their lives. I wonder if it would be the same today. Could someone look at your life or look at my life and name me a Christian? A humbling thought for sure.
— Chris Tomlin
The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.
— Helen Keller
We can with confidence set a goal to make this Christmas brighter than the last and each year that follows brighter still. The trials of mortality may increase in intensity, yet for us, darkness need not increase if we focus our eyes more singly on the light that streams down on us as we follow the Master. He will lead us and help us along the path that leads upward to the home for which we yearn.
— Henry B. Eyring
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
As we serve our jobs we serve the world.
— Henry Ford
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence.
— Henry Ward Beecher