Quotes about Rest
Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
— Dallas Willard
25th December, 1872, Christmas Day.—I thank the good Lord for the good gift of His Son Christ Jesus our Lord. Slaughtered an ox, and gave a fundo and a half to each of the party. This is our great day, so we rest.
— David Livingstone
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God's will, whatever comes.
— Amy Carmichael
God gave us sleep to remind us we are not him.
— Charles Spurgeon
God has made us for Himself, and our hearts can never know rest and perfect satisfaction until they find it in Him.
— Hannah Hurnard
After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.
— Timothy Keller
The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!
— Max Lucado
My soul has learned yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in earthly things-God alone can give rest to my spirit.
— Charles Spurgeon
We please God most, not by frantically trying to make ourselves good, but by throwing ourselves into His arms.
— AW Tozer
Faith is reason at rest in God.
— Charles Spurgeon
In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.
— David Wilkerson
Three things faith does: it reckons on God; it risks with God (and) it rests in God.
— Leonard Ravenhill