Quotes about Eternity

It was he who told her of the three inscriptions over the doors of the Milan Cathedral. One, with a carving of roses, says, "All that pleases is but for a moment"; another, with a carving of a cross, says, "All that grieves is but for a moment"; and over the great central door are only the words, "Nothing is important but that which is eternal.

The ways of the world exalt themselves against God. They sometimes look rational and appealing to the most ernest disciple but Christ says to us then what He said to His disciples long ago, when many of them had given u pin disgust, Do you also want to leave me? If we answer as PEter did, Lord to whom else shall we go? Your words are words of eternal life, our rebel thoughts are captured once more. The way of holiness is again visible.

Only one life, it will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last.

Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.

Remember to take time for God—it is life's only lasting investment.

Spiritual growth results from self-denial. At times we must give up something good in order to do what God wants. Each person's special duties determine the discipline and denial that he or she must accept. Without a goal, discipline is nothing but self-punishment. With the goal of pleasing God, our denial seems like nothing compared to the eternal, imperishable reward that will be ours.

God's purposes are achieved through the whole of your life, not in fragments of a moment, a day, or a year.

As a Christian, your godly life and your godly mothering sends its shimmering wake throughout all eternity.

One God, one law, one element,And one far-off divine event,To which the whole creation moves.

The days will grow to weeks, the weeks to months,The months will add themselves and make the years,The years will roll into the centuries,And mine will ever be a name of scorn.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.

The city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built forever.