Quotes about Religion
I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
— Vince Lombardi
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world.
— John Owen
All I know is that the closer I get to God, the deeper I get into the Bible, and the heavier the burden seems on my shoulders.
— Tim LaHaye
I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you.
— George H. W. Bush
The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Christendom has often achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.
— H Richard Niebuhr
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
— John Wooden
Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.
— Alice Walker
But it ain't easy, trying to do without God. Even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain.
— Alice Walker
She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God. Some folks didn't have him to share
— Alice Walker
Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.
— Alice Walker
All my life I never care what people thought bout nothing I did,' I say. 'But deep down in my heart I care about God. What he going to think. And come to find out, he don't think. Just sit up there glorying in being deef, I reckon. But it ain't easy, trying to do without God. Even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain.
— Alice Walker