If I Should Wake Before I Die

Pit Bull Faith - DannyMac

Man thinks and God laughs. - Yiddish Proverb

Praising all alike, is praising none. - John Gay

God is closest to those with broken hearts. - Jewish Proverb

Friends are God's apology for relatives. - Hugh Kingsmill

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry. - Oliver Cromwell

Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat. - Toni Sorenson

The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards. - JRR Tolkien

Not truth, but faith it is that keeps the world alive. - Edna St. Vincent Millay

When the problem is worry, the prescription is prayer. - David Jeremiah

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

He has all the characteristics of a god - except loyalty. - Sam Houston

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. - Voltaire

Faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. - Mark Batterson

Faith makes all things possible; love makes all things easy. - Jeffrey R Holland

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. - Voltaire

Praise is rebuke to the man whose conscience alloweth it not. - Martin F Tupper

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves. - Joni Eareckson Tada

If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? - Benjamin Franklin

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. - Sathya S Baba

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. - Sir Peter Ustinov

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. - St. Augustine

Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. - Diana Robinson

A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over. - Charles Spurgeon

It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it. - William Makepeace Thackeray

Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing. - Martin Luther

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. - Desmond Tutu

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed. - Vincent Van Gogh

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

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. - Bertrand Russell

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona. - Diego Maradona

Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings. - Indian Proverb

Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters. - Marianne Williamson

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. - C S Lewis

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

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

Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. - Helen Rowland

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

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. - Norman MacDonald

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

Tradition is the living faith of those now dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of those now living. - Jaroslav Pelikan

He made us all one true religion, Edith, which he named after his son, Christian - or Christ, for short. - Archie Bunker

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. - H Jackson Brown, Jr.

Love without hope will not survive. Love without faith changes nothing. Love gives power to hope and faith. - Toba Beta

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. - Andre Gide

Since I got to 80, I've started reading the Bible a lot more. It's kind of like cramming for my finals. - Vincent Watson

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job, and try to do the best you can, the money will come. - Lawrence Welk

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. - Mark Twain

God is in the resume-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities. - Mark Batterson

It cost God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion. - C S Lewis

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. - Voltaire

He who begins with Metaphysics will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. - Maimonides

It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streams... through it, God will spread his word. - Johannes Gutenberg

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles. - John Wycliffe

If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him. - C S Lewis

If I'm losing balance in a pose, I stretch higher and God reaches down to steady me. It works every time, and not just in yoga. - T. Guillemets

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith. - Aung San Suu Kyi

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible, 'In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.' - George Washington Carver

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

Our pathways often twist through stormy landscapes; but when we look back, we'll see a thousand miles of miracles and answered prayers. - David Jeremiah

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. - Robert F. Kennedy

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