Quotes about Life

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers.

A Greek philosopher said, 'All men think it is only the other man who is mortal'. The way we scurry about accumulating things is testimony to our unspoken doctrine that we are exceptions to the law of death. The events of September 11, 2001, were a shocking reminder to millions of Americans of something we should have already understood - our mortality.

Life on earth matters not because it's the only life we have, but precisely because it isn't—it's the beginning of a life that will continue without end.

As you go through life, don't let your feelings—real as they are—invalidate your need to let the truth of God's words guide your thinking. Remember that the path to your heart travels through your mind. Truth matters.

Now think, my brother, you will be in Heaven very soon. Since last year a great number have gone home: before next year many more will have ascended to glory. Sitting up in those celestial seats, how shall we wish that we had lived below?" —Charles Spurgeon

Five minutes after we die, we'll know exactly how we should have lived. But God has given us His Word so that we don't have to wait to die to find out. And He's given us His Spirit to empower us to live that way now.

Reality's such a pain sometimes, you know?

The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign

should have lived. But then it was too late! As long as they're alive, there's still one thing they can do to stay out of hell. But once they're dead, there's nothing they can do to get out of hell.

in Heaven (and ultimately on the New Earth) is a line going out from that dot for eternity. If we're smart, we'll live not for the dot, but for the line.

The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts." —George Müller

We live our lives in eternity's lobby, walking toward a door that will forever seal our destiny.