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“Eugene has to stop doing God's job. God is big enough to do his own job. If God will judge our father for choosing to follow the way of our ancestors, then let God do the judging, not Eugene.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live in God. We move in God. We have our being in God. And when we die, we do not die into nothingness; we die into God.”
Marcus Borg (1942–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith (2003), p. 182
“The god of the white man inspires him with crime, but our god calls upon us to do good works. Our god who is good to us orders us to revenge our wrongs. He will direct our arms and aid us. Throw away the symbol of the god of the whites who has so often caused us to weep, and listen to the voice of liberty, which speaks in the hearts of us all.”
Dutty Boukman (1800–1791) first seen 1791 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon at Bois Caïman, August 14, 1791, as reported in C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins (1938), p. 87
“The task of science is to try to understand what are the laws that govern the universe, our life, our planets, without resorting to God. By resorting to God there is no longer any need for science. It's as if God were giving us crossword puzzles, after all, if they're not done, he explains everything. The task of science is precisely to do without God. Trying to understand with your own reason.”
Margherita Hack (1922–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That's what I always say, even being an atheist, like being a believer, is a faith because I can't prove either that God is there or that he isn't. I don't believe because the idea of God doesn't satisfy me, I can't pretend to prove that God isn't there. The idea of God seems absurd to me because it seems childish to me, but this is a personal opinion.”
Margherita Hack (1922–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sanctity is not just a virtue. It is an attainment of such spiritual height, that the abundance of God’s grace which fills the saint overflows on all who associate with him. Great is the saint’s state of bliss in which they dwell contemplating the Glory of God. Being filled with love for God and man, they are responsive to man’s needs, interceding before God and helping those who turn to them.”
Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Archbishop John the Wonderworker, Bishop Alexander (Mileant) (2001)
“Time, talent, and treasure. If people give their time to God’s work, that’s very important, and use the talents that God gives you, not for yourself, it’s for the greater glory of God, but you use your talents. Everybody's got different kind of talents, but you use some of your talents for the greater glory of building up the Kingdom of God on Earth.”
Michael Wiwchar (born 1932) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Honouree Announcement (1 November 2020)
“When we have God at the centre of our Church, we can lead our people to reach God's Kingdom. Without God at the centre or our Church surrounding God, then not much of anything can be achieved.”
Rozario Menezes (born 1969) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Church having God at its centre (5 July 2021)
“God is the only reason we’re all successful now. They should look into their own hearts and embrace their own God and ask their own God to bless the way God has blessed others.”
Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All these blood you people are shedding, there is God o, there is God o, God…o….Chai, there is God o”
Patience Jonathan (born 1957) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Patience broke down (cried) while speaking to a group of women in 2014.
“God knows best who we are and why we were created and therefore, we should concern ourselves only with the fear of God, love of God and obedience to God's commands.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At Christmas, God enters our lives so we may enter divine life. Humanity was looking to be saved, and God sends us a child! Humanity was hoping for the extraordinary, and God comes in everyday life. Humanity was waiting for something on which to lean, while God has need of us – the need for a mother to give nourishment and a father to provide protection.”
André Gaumond (1936–2019) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Christmas Message from Archbishop André Gaumond, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (6 December 2006)
“He must fear God because when you get married to a man who fears and loves God, every other thing will fall into place. Everything boils down to God and if he loves God, then he can love me. He must be loving, caring, understanding, and patient and hard-working. I can’t marry an actor and I am currently in a relationship.”
Lisa Omorodion (born 1990) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lisa described her ideal manPunch (22nd May 2016)
“The prophet not only speaks "in the name of God" but also "speaks about God" ... and this is better. Does the Vincentian charism speak about God? Without a doubt it does. Indeed, for the society in which we live, is there a better way to speak about God than that of using the gestures of justice and charity.”
José Vicente Nácher Tatay (born 1964) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Prophetic Character of the Vincentian Charism (2001) Vincentians
“The Mother of God always accompanies us and insofar as we recognize ourselves as children of her tears, to that extent our hearts are opened to the mystery of God's love. Our pilgrimage begins in our soul, where communion with God begins. In the depths of our souls, we can always say YES to God and His promise will be fulfilled with each of us.”
Vasile Bizău (born 1969) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dormition Pilgrimage at the Saint Mary Monastery in Baia Mare - Romania, 2021 (15 August 2021) Basilian Sisters
“In becoming the universe God abdicated. He destroyed himself as God. He turned what he had been, his true self, into nullity and thereby forfeited the Godlike qualities which pertained to him. The universe which he has become is also his grave. He has no control in it or over it. God, as God, is dead.”
Simon Raven (1927–2001) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Survivors (1976), pt. 1
“Always on Monday morning the Press reports God as revealed to His vicars in various guises— Benevolent, stormy, patient, or out of sorts. But only God knows which God God recognizes.”
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Day After Sunday", st. 3, in Eternity, vol. 4, no. 3 (March 1953), p. 6
“Joan puts God's will above her virginity. She says that she “has offered her virginity as a vow for as long as God pleases”. This concern for the hierarchy of values, this idea of “God first”, is always evident in her. Joan is a virgin because God inspired her to be so; she is not a virgin of her own free will or choice. (pp. 34-35)”
Jean Guitton (1901–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If God be Truth, and God be Love, is it not absolutely inevitable that the Love of God should bring the Truth of God down to the level of the very simplest?”
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And every time when I come here I always go back and plant that seed and say you know what this is the reason why God will continue to bless … And God is upholding Zimbabwe. And it’s because of the heart they have for God and even believing in the men of God that He is using.”
Benjamin Dube (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First, we must seek guidance and the blessings we yearn for from God. Those who seek victory ask for it from God. Only God can grant all our desires and enable us to achieve our goals. We know that God will bless Lesotho through a DC government.”
Mathibeli Mokhothu (born 1977) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mokhothu slams Matekane,Lesotho Times (21 April 2022)
“I wanted to be as a child, delighting in life, at peace with God, living in the grace of the moment. I wanted to live above the pull of depression and cultivate a heart of joy from which others could draw. I wanted to learn what it really meant to be filled with the reality of God, the love of God, and the joy of God every day, no matter what else was going on in my life.”
Sally Clarkson (born 1953) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dancing With My Father: How God Leads Us into a Life of Grace and Joy (2010), WaterBrook Press. p. 7.
“I thank God that I am not God. I cannot answer all your prayers. It is only God who will answer all your prayers because the complaints of the people are prayers to God. When you want to score anyone, you will need to understand public office. The money in public office is not my father’s money; it is not my personal money; it is government money.”
Joshua Audu-Gana wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He said ‘O friends, God has given me inspiration Oftentimes strong counsel is suggested to the weak. The wit taught by God to the bee Is withheld from the lion and the wild ass. It fills its cells with liquid sweets, For God opens the door of this knowledge to it. The skill taught by God to the silkworm Is a learning beyond the reach of the elephant.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Bible God I deny; the Christian God I disbelieve in; but I am not rash enough to say there is no God as long as you tell me you are unprepared to define God to me.”
Charles Bradlaugh (attributed) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charles Bradlaugh, in Paul Edwards, "Atheism." Paul Edwards, editor, The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. New York: Macmillan, 1967, vol. 1, p. 177.
“Remote from man, with God he passed the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.”
Thomas Parnell (poet) first seen 1721 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Hermit (1721), lines 5–6.
Also quoted by: Thomas Parnell
“Prayer − in the widest sense − triumphs over the four accidents of our existence: the world, life, the body, the soul; we might also say: space, time, matter, desire. It is situated in existence like a shelter, like an islet. In it alone we are perfectly ourselves, because it puts us into the presence of God. It is like a diamond, which nothing can tarnish and nothing can resist.”
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God, — a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love.”
Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.”
Byron Katie (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.”
James Montgomery (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: James Montgomery
“Worship is not the abundance of prayer and fasting; rather it is the abundance of reflecting on the affairs of God, the Great and Almighty.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) said by 818 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God has some areas where he likes to be supplicated in, and the prayer of the supplicator is accepted (in those areas); the sanctuary of Husayn (a.s.) is one of these.”
Ali al-Hadi (829–868) said by 868 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Happy are they who freely mingle prayer and toil till God responds to the one and rewards the other.”
Samuel I. Prime (1812–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A divine life is hidden in every seed we sow for Jesus. It matters not how small the seed may be, nor in what secluded part of the vineyard it may be sown — a prayer, a word, a look, a pressure of the hand — God's almighty energy is enfolded in every seed which we sow in the Master's name and for His glory.”
Abbott Eliot Kittredge (1834–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Praise is the best auxiliary to prayer; and he who most bears in mind what has been done for him by God will be most emboldened to supplicate fresh gifts from above.”
Henry Melvill (1798–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have not lost my faith; and this I must attribute more to a miracle than to my own wisdom; more to Divine Providence than to my own virtue. Steadfastly, in fact from my earliest childhood, I have made this my prayer, "Lord God... grant me long life, and wisdom, and health of mind and body.”
Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576) said by 1576 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To enter your Castle (soul) is not a journey that takes you away from the world; rather it brings you directly into the world. It brings you fully into your soul, and into your power in the world...Mystics change the world around them more dramatically and more positively than can ever be measured. The mystic works on the invisible plane, relying on God, prayer and grace.”
Caroline Myss (born 1952) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Entering the Castle : An Inner Path to God and Your Soul (2007), p. 85
“Not till I was shut up to prayer and to the study of God's word by the loss of earthly joys — sickness destroying the flavor of them all — did I begin to penetrate the mystery that is learned under the cross. And wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ, and to know that I love Him — this is all.”
Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878) first seen 1858 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 425. (June 30, 1858)
“After a ten minute prayer, the gist of which was, "Oh Lord, just sing through Mark tonight and keep him out of the picture altogether," I considered the prospect of lining up a great number of such concerts, then staying at home and sending a cardboard likeness of myself for God to sing through.”
Mark Heard (1951–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For knowledge to become wisdom, and for the soul to grow, the soul must be rooted in God: and it is through prayer that there comes to us that which is the strength of our strength, and the virtue of our virtue, the Holy Spirit.”
William Mountford (1816–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I actually said a little prayer of my own then, my first since we had arrived: Please, God—get me out of this nuthouse!”
Jane Yolen (1939–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we make a habit of prayer, we stay constantly tuned to God's presence and open to receive his blessings.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don't let your prayers turn into a wish list for Santa Claus. Worship God and praise him when you come to him in prayer.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God-honoring prayers are not simply shopping lists. They are more than cries for help, strength, mercy and miracles. Authentic prayer should include worship, submission, requests, and confessions.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Adoration in prayer reminds us of God's identity and inclination. As we list his attributes, lifting up his character and personality, we reinforce our understanding of who he is.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Adoration in prayer purges our spirit and prepares us to listen to God.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.”
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) said by 1498 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) edited by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 124
“There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys of paradise, which performs no duty which it can shirk, and whose constant prayer is to be lifted in some overwhelming flood of Divine grace, and be carried, amidst the admiration of men and the jubilance of angels, to the very throne of God.”
Henry Clay Trumbull (1830–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason why we obtain no more in prayer, is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts.”
Richard Alleine (1610–1681) said by 1681 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When does the building of the Spirit really begin to appear in a man's heart? It begins, so far as we can judge, when he first pours out his heart to God in prayer.”
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source