Quotes about Seeking
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
— John of the Cross
How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?
— Anonymous
It's my absolute passionate belief that every single human being, man, woman, or child, is aching to find a face-to-face relationship with God.
— Sheila Walsh
If we seek and keep on seeking, we will find; if we ask and keep on asking, we will receive; if we knock and keep on knocking, the door to truth will be opened. How can we refuse an offer like this?
— William Wilberforce
It goes back to the passage from Proverbs. We don't know what to do, where to go, or how. So I thought we'd try and take this time to find out what we want, and what God wants, and pray for each other.
— Davis Bunn
By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.
— Elisabeth Elliot
There is a whole world of difference between those who look only for their own happiness in this world and those who know their true happiness lies in the will of God.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Live to seek to draw close to God in all ways and seek His transforming love.
— Elizabeth George
There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.
— Alistair Begg
While in the writings of other religions we discover man seeking ways to reach up to God, here in the uniqueness of the gospel we learn of One who comes seeking to save that which is lost.
— Alistair Begg
If we are hungry enough for God, we will find a way into His presence. We should be so hungry for the presence of God that we absolutely will not go out of our house or tackle any kind of project until we have spent some time with Him.
— Joyce Meyer
The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator.
— Fr. Richard Rohr