Quotes about Life

All the Scriptural metaphors about the death of the seed that falls into the ground, about losing one's life, about becoming the least in the kingdom, about the world's passing away—all these go on to something unspeakably better and more glorious. Loss and death are only the preludes to gain and life. It was a temptation to foreshorten the promises, to look for some prompt fulfillment of the loss-gain principle….

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.

God is in the business of making us walking, breathing examples of the invisible reality of the presence of Christ in us.

Like the sparrow, I've got a song to sing. Unlike the sparrow, I must sing mine by faith.

We cannot look at the sun all the time, we cannot face death all the time.

And yet I know that in her death, she has found the freedom she could not find in life. She is no longer confined to a room, a bed, and a body that no longer works.

However healthy you think you are, remember that vegetarians die too.

so many ways, loss shows us what is precious, while love teaches us who

Facing death means facing the ultimate question of the meaning of life. If we really want to live we must have the courage to recognize that life is ultimately very short, and that everything we do counts.

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

The speech of God's beautiful woman is a fountain of life to those around her.

When and how the most painful of situations is going to be resolved and redeemed is no mystery to God. Knowing this truth about God's complete knowledge really does help me accept the unacceptable in my life.