Quotes about Seeking
Many stop short of a divine encounter because they are satisfied with good theology. The word of God is to lead us to the God of the word.
— Bill Johnson
[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.
— Brigham Young
I have come a hundred miles," said a minister, "to get some of Mr. Moody's spirit." " You don't want my spirit," was the reply. "What you want is the Spirit of God.
— DL Moody
I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.
— Elie Wiesel
God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.
— Khalil Gibran
Better that I find you, God, and leave the questions unanswered, than to find the answers without finding you.
— St. Augustine
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace of Baptism.
— St. Basil
You can't find God before an altar if that is the only place you look for him.
— A Powell Davies
God, have mercy on me in the blindness in which I hope I am seeking You!
— Thomas Merton
He who truly seeks God has found Him.
— John Wooden
Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.
— St. Augustine
I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.
— Francis Collins