If I Should Wake Before I Die

Men plan and God laughs. - Yiddish Proverb

Praise doesn't pay the bills. - German Proverb

I talk to God but the sky is empty. - Sylvia Plath

Faith is trust in ultimate meaning. - Viktor Frankl

God is love and he has defeated evil. - Pope Francis

God is silent. Now if only man would shut up. - Woody Allen

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's. - Henry Ward Beecher

Humankind's ladder to God is a ladder of deeds. - Sholem Asch

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

The atheist religion don't believe in the bible. - Archie Bunker

God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions. - Voltaire

God is always on the side of the strongest battalion. - Voltaire

Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men. - John F Kennedy

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. - Mason Cooley

A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man. - Leonard Ravenhill

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin

Most people would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. - Norman Vincent Peale

To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. - Oscar Wilde

Man - a creature created at the end of a work week when God was tired. - Mark Twain

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. - Elisabeth Elliot

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. - Theodore Roosevelt

The Religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. - Elbert Hubbard

I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are. - Brad Pitt

I have complete faith in the continued absurdity of whatever's going on. - Jon Stewart

Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do. - Mark Batterson

Moses came down with the Ten Amendments, which were God's Bill of Wrongs. - Susie F

I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I'm not where I used to be! - Joyce Meyer

A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised. - Tom Robbins

If a door slams shut it means that God is pointing to an open door further on down. - Anna Delaney Peale

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. - Friedrich Nietzsche

There would be no sense in saying you trusted Jesus if you would not take his advice. - C S Lewis

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. - Voltaire

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. - George Washington

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. - Timothy Keller

The praise of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be. - Julius C Hare

God gives men wisdom as he gives them gold; his treasure house is not the mint, but the mine. - Arabic Proverb

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge. - Harvey Mackay

It is important to understand that it is a prayer life that builds character that honours God. - Ravi Zacharias

The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked. - Mark Batterson

A word of encouragement during failure is worth more than a dictionary of praise following success. - Unknown

The resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless. - Joseph B Wirthlin

When you come to religion, you come to a place. When you come to Jesus Christ, you come to a person. - Ravi Zacharias

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

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. - Soren Kierkegaard

The majesty of faith is that it teaches us to see what exists, not merely what catches our attention. - Jonathan Sacks

I realize the tragic significance of the atom bomb. We thank God it has come to us instead of our enemies. - Harry S Truman

If you take care of the things that are dear to God, He will take care of the things that are dear to you. - Howard Taylor

God's blessings are dispensed according to the riches of his grace, not according to the depth of our faith. - Max Lucado

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

Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself. - Mark Batterson

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

Trust God for the impossible - miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest. - David Jeremiah

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

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. - C S Lewis

It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine

I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. - Ernest Hemingway

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28

I find that the nicest and best people generally profess no religion at all, but are ready to like the best men of all religions. - Samuel Butler

If you think that praise is due, now's the time to show it, 'cause a man can't read his tombstone when he's dead. - Unknown

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but, 'I will do something!' - Billy Graham

I ain't got no respect for no religion where the head guy claims he can't make no mistakes. Like he's, waddya call, inflammable. - Archie Bunker

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression. - Malcolm Muggeridge