Quotes about Inspiration
Inspiration and information without personal application will never amount to transformation
— Lysa TerKeurst
Being full of God's love settles, empowers, and brings out the best of who we are.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Rather than dwelling on wounds that leave us feeling emotionally empty, we can learn to look for whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy in life (Philippians 4: 8). When I park my mind and heart on thoughts that refresh me instead of ones that depress me, I am filled. Like the psalmist reminds us, "Taste and see that the LORD is good" (Psalm 34: 8).
— Lysa TerKeurst
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
— Madeleine Albright
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
— Madeleine L'Engle
We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.
— Madeleine L'Engle
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
— Madeleine L'Engle
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
— Madeleine L'Engle
What is distinctive and engaging about Jesus is not the novel things he says but the way he says things. He is creative not so much because he says things that are completely new but because he speaks with such authority.
— John Goldingay
One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving. (Ps. 62:11—12)
— John Eldredge
Wouldn't it help you to realize that you really do live in an epic if your life had a soundtrack?
— John Eldredge