Quotes about Life
Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything.
— Jim James
I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.
— Michelangelo
Usually life's greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.
— Richard Paul Evans
We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.
— Rowan Williams
Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.
— Stephen Covey
Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
— Timothy Keller
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars.
— Vance Havner
Now there is to be such a time here in this world, when God shall be all in all, and in comparison there shall be no such need of creatures as there is now, then the saints should labor to live as near that life as possibly they can, that is, to make up all in God. Oh, that you would consider this mystery, that it may be a reality to the hearts of the saints in such times as these. They would find this privilege that they get by grace worth thousands of worlds.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
as by the favour of the sovereign those guilty of various crimes are released from prison, and each one, according to his toil and exertions, is in this or that condition of life, so too the penny, as it were by the favour of our Sovereign, is the discharge from prison of us all by baptism. Now our work is, according to our different virtues, to prepare for ourselves a different future.
— Jerome
No life is messier than one in ministry
— Jerry B. Jenkins
The time is coming when the Antichrist will take full control of the world system. The judgments will get worse. Before us are two people— one who knew God and one who didn't. One who showed the love of God, who gave her life so that we would be saved. May these two lives renew our resolve to live for God. We must let nothing stand in our way in telling others the truth. Even if it costs our lives.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact that we share a common life in Christ.
— Jerry Bridges