Saul persecuted the early disciples of Jesus Christ. While Saul traveled to Damascus to arrest Christians there, Jesus appeared from the heavens in a flash of bright light to ask him why he was persecuting the Christians. He was struck blind, and Saul proceeded to Damascus where he fasted and prayed. Jesus' disciple Ananias was told in a vision by Jesus to find Saul and restore his sight. Ananias was skeptical, since he knew Saul hated Christians and would probably punish him. But Ananias went anyway and did what he was told. Saul's sight was restored and he became a disciple of the religion he sought to destroy. He eventually took the name Paul, and became a pivotal figure in the Christian church.
QuotaBillsOne has only to die to be praised. - German Proverb
God is like a skilful Geometrician. - Sir Thomas Browne
Praising all alike, is praising none. - John Gay
God, please save me from your followers! - Unknown
I think God has a tremendous sense of humor. - Rainn Wilson
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing. - Unknown
Trust in God, but tether your camel at night. - Jack Ryan
God forgives those who invent what they need. - Lillian Hellman
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Without a doubt, it is the land God gave to Cain. - Mordecai Richler
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. - Naguib Mahfouz
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Many people believe in God, but not many believe God. - Mark Dudley
Droughts are because god didn't pay his water bill. - Steven Wright
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. - Albert Einstein
I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created. - Donald Trump
God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done. - Unknown
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves. - Joni Eareckson Tada
God does not require we be successful, only that we be faithful. - Mother Teresa
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. - Alan Turing
We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone. - Martin Luther
God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world. - Billy Graham
What can you say about a society that says God is dead and Elvis is alive? - Irv Kupcinet
The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. - Andrew Goodman
Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God. - Francis de Sales
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. - C S Lewis
I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. - Abraham Lincoln
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next. - Mark Batterson
The essential feature, and necessity of life is to know reality, which means knowing God. - Malcolm Muggeridge
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue. - Plato
On behalf of every man looking out for every girl, you are the God and weight of her world. - John Mayer
God gives men wisdom as he gives them gold; his treasure house is not the mint, but the mine. - Arabic Proverb
Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters. - Marianne Williamson
Just as Jesus created wine from water, we humans are capable of transmuting emotion into music. - Carlos Santana
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. - Mother Teresa
I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious. - Meghan O'Rourke
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God. - C S Lewis
Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. - Helen Rowland
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. - Norman MacDonald
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end. - John B O'Reilly
If you're going down the street and you're going the wrong way, remember - God permits U-turns. - Suze Orman
It was inevitable that Jesus Christ should be crucified. It was also inevitable that He should rise again. - H R L Sheppard
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. - Van Morrison
Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man who can comprehend the triune God. - John Wesley
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. - Andre Gide
God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time. - Robin Williams
Let nothing disturb thee,
Let nothing affright thee,
All things are passing,
God changeth never. - Teresa of Ávila
Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on - Mignon McLaughlin
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - Mark 10:25
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
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future. - Stephen Ambrose
I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is a flower. God put it here. - Willie Nelson
The world says everything happens randomly, without reason. But the Bible reassures us that God works in all things. - David Jeremiah
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. - Blaise Pascal
"I am who I am", said God to Moses regarding His name, because none was worth to be compared to His godhead. - Toba Beta
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. - Garrison Keillor
One of our fundamental spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing. - Mark Batterson
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. - Franklin D Roosevelt
Sabbath: A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. - Ambrose Bierce
Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control. - Joni Eareckson Tada
It's all nonsense. It's only nonsense. I'm not afraid of the rain. I am not afraid of the rain. Oh, oh, God, I wish I wasn't. - Ernest Hemingway
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. - C S Lewis
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. - Bertrand Russell