Quotes about Meaning
Everything is indeed permitted if God does not exist, and man is in consequence forlorn, for he cannot find anything to depend on within or without himself."1
— Max Lucado
The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: grace.
— Max Lucado
It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
— Maya Angelou
Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path of another who may be walking in darkness.
— Maya Angelou
she'd find a hidden meaning in every pair of pants, then hurry home to be alone and write about romance
— Maya Angelou
We develop a personal relationship with God, a Higher Power of our understanding. We find meaning in every detail of our lives; there isn't anything that we did or that happened to us that can't be used for good. We finally find our purpose
— Melody Beattie
Until the antireligion zealots learn the meaning of the word tolerance, we will continue to experience unnecessary strife.
— Ben Carson
Everyone knows that there are thirteen stripes to represent the original thirteen colonies and fifty stars, each representing one of the fifty states. But what you may not know is that red represents hardness and valor. White represents purity and innocence. And blue represents perseverance, vigilance, and justice.
— Ben Carson
Blessing is defined by neither ease nor worldly possessions nor pain-free existence nor stock-market successes. Blessing is bowing down to receive the expressions of divine favor that in the inner recesses of the human heart make life worth the bother.
— Beth Moore
There's something I want to clarify here before we get any further: making it matter doesn't mean making it worth it. Embracing the distinction can be no small relief.
— Beth Moore
Why do you ask My name," the Angel of the LORD asked him, "since it is wonderful?" Judges 13:18
— Beth Moore
God commands us to make Him our absolute priority. Even attempting to place Him beside those other things we reverence most means dishonoring Him.
— Beth Moore