988 private quotes tagged god

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” — Galileo Galilei

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“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” — Francis of Assisi

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“There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.” — Marilyn Manson

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“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.” — Francis Quarles

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“Adoration is caring for God above all else.” — Evelyn Underhill

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“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” — Chester W. Nimitz

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“I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.” — Loretta Young

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“The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.” — Garth Brooks

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“At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.” — E. Stanley Jones

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“God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.” — Joseph Campbell

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“Every morning I wake up and thank God.” — Aaron Neville

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“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.” — Simone Weil

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“Laughter is God's blessing.” — Joseph Prince

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“The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” — Susan B. Anthony

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“It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.” — Joel Osteen

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“If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.” — Abu Bakr

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“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'” — William Arthur Ward

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“By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.” — Thomas Merton

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“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.” — Francis of Assisi

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“As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.” — Michael Jordan

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