Jesus Was Here

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright

May your life preach more loudly than your lips. - William E Channing

No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country. - Edward Everett Hale

We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it. - William Penn

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. - Dwight D Eisenhower

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. - Mel Brooks

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - Jewish Proverb

If you want to give God a good laugh, tell Him your plans. - Yiddish Proverb

Praise increases where the excellence is attained but by few. - Edward Counsel

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. - Jean Paul Richter

A rigorous religion can be conceived and nurtured in ignorance. - Ravi Zacharias

Praise adds nothing to beauty - makes it neither better nor worse. - Marcus Aurelius

God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all. - Martin Luther

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. - Matthew 21:22

My favourite characters in the Bible are King David, Delilah and Charlton Heston. - Milton Berle

There are other ways of recognizing the existence of God, through nature for instance. - Billy Graham

The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. - Russian Proverb

I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn't get breast implants. - Carrie Prejean

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know. - Homer

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened. - Charles Spurgeon

It happens to be against two laws: God's and man's. I'm booking her on the second. - Cornell Wilde

Failure is God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." - Oprah

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out. - Mark Twain

I know no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception. - Richard Steele

The task of organized religion is not to prove that God was in the 1st century, but that he is in the 20th. - S.H. Miller

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism. - Dennis Prager

Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on - Mignon McLaughlin

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. - Malcolm Muggeridge

Treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have. - Dwight L Moody

So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Giving is more than a responsibility - it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience - it is evidence of our faith. - William A Ward

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in Church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. - Fred Allen

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. - Thomas S Monson

Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for homosexuals, feminists, and religions that don't follow Christ. - Josh McDowell

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. - Mahatma Gandhi

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church
I keep it, staying at Home
With a Bobolink for a Chorister
And an Orchard for a Dome - Emily Dickinson

I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience? - Mother Teresa

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. - Jonathan Sacks

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven - Rick Warren

What is a prayer? Prayer is sending blessing to all. Prayer is sending your compassion to all. Prayer is creating an antidote of negative thoughts. - Osho