Quotes about Renewal
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
— St. Augustine
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
— St. Augustine
Late have I loved thee oh beauty so ancient yet so new
— St. Augustine
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
— Francis de Sales
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
— Saint Jerome
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
— Samuel Johnson
I see grace growth best in winter.
— Samuel Rutherford
Dry wells send us to the fountain.
— Samuel Rutherford
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
— Oswald Chambers
Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully.
— Pope Francis
God had infinite time to give us.... He cut it up into a near succession of new mornings, and, with each, therefore, a new idea, new inventions, and new applications.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
— Toni Morrison