Quotes about Description
His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
— Genesis 49:12
His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
— Job 40:18
There is a power in God's gospel beyond all description.
— Charles Spurgeon
Have you ever thought about Jesus' physical appearance? If you think about the paintings, he was a relatively handsome Dutchman. But if you think about a prophetic description, "he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2). To put it diplomatically, he didn't look like much, and sleepless nights filled with prayer vigils probably didn't help.
— Edward Welch
Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
— Luke 24:24
No one who is not a Christian in spirit can perform the Christian act; and the Sermon on the Mount is not a code of rules to be mechanically followed; it is the description of the life which any man will spontaneously lead when once the Spirit of Christ has taken complete possession of his heart.
— William Temple
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
— Psalm 106:2
The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
— Acts 15:12
It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God "quickly." Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.
— Francis Chan
It is possible to experience true divine wonders in your conversion but never to be taught a true description of what your experience is. Then someone starts to describe your experience in words you have never heard, and in ways you have never understood, and suddenly the strange words all sound exactly right.
— John Piper
Like the proverbial dead fish that rots first from the head, British society began to decay from the top; so our description of the situation must begin with the aristocracy.
— Eric Metaxas
If it is possible for the human tongue to give the fullest description of God, I have come to the conclusion that God is Truth.
— Mahatma Gandhi