Quotes about Jesus
A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster, then he is Christianly religious.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Our job is to stand up for our beliefs, cling to them no matter what, and wait for our redemption. Jesus will not let us down.
— Terri Blackstock
Get into a habit of literally saying out loud or quietly under your breath, "Thank You, Jesus," and say it for everything.
— Terri Savelle Foy
When the world's people look to the "church," they will find "Christians" without Christ. They will find a church that no longer looks to Jesus and says, "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."41 In fact, they will hardly mention the real Jesus. Instead, they will honor a "good person" who was wrongfully executed and "died before His time.
— Terry James
Then, beside myself with joy, I cried out: "O Jesus, my Love, at last I have found my vocation. My vocation is love! Yes, I have found my place in the bosom of the Church, and this place, O my God, Thou hast Thyself given to me: in the heart of the Church, my Mother, I will be LOVE! . . .
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Nothing whatsoever but the love of Jesus could have made me face these difficulties and others which followed, for I had to purchase my happiness by heavy trials.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
This grace of light has been given to me during my retreat. Our Lord desires that we should receive Him into our hearts, and no doubt they are empty of creatures. Alas! mine is not empty of self; that is why He bids me come down. And I shall come down even to the very ground, that Jesus may find within my heart a resting-place for His Divine Head
— St. Therese of Lisieux
you must be always as a drop of dew hidden in the heart of this beautiful Lily of the valley ... One must be so little to draw near to Jesus, and few are the souls that aspire to be little and unknown. ... Our Beloved needs neither our brilliant deeds nor our beautiful thoughts. ... The Lily of the valley asks but a single dewdrop, which for one night shall rest in its cup, hidden from all human eyes.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Jésus n'a pas besoin de livres ni de docteurs pour instruire les âmes; lui, le Docteur des docteurs, enseigne sans bruit de paroles.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
If you wish to be a saint, it is not hard. Have one aim--to please Jesus and to unite yourself more intimately to Him.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The mark of Christian discipleship is love—love of the kind that Jesus exercised toward his followers, love visible enough that men will recognize it as belonging to those people who follow Jesus.
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
John teaches that the commandment is to believe in the name of Jesus Christ and to love one another. If our love of other Christians is cold, we need to examine whether or not we have savingly believed on Christ Jesus the Son of God.
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile