Devin > Devin's Quotes

“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
― John Wesley

“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Prayer

“Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.”
― Bernard Branson

“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

“The Christian says, 'Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it, that does not prove that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing. If that is so, I must take care, on the one hand, never to despise, or to be unthankful for, these earthly blessings, and on the other, never to mistake them for the something else of which they are only a kind of copy, or echo, or mirage. I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that country and to help others to do the same.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.”
― Max Lucado, Experiencing the Heart of Jesus: Knowing His Heart, Feeling His Love

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”
― Martin Luther

“Worrying is arrogant because God knows what He's doing.”
― Barbara Cameron, A Time to Heal

“He said "Love...as I have loved you." We cannot love too much.”
― Amy Carmichael

“The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Satan is so much more in earnest than we are--he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.”
― Amy Carmichael

“And shall I pray Thee change Thy will, my Father,
Until it be according unto mine?
But, no, Lord, no, that never shall be, rather
I pray Thee blend my human will with Thine.

I pray Thee hush the hurrying, eager longing,
I pray Thee soothe the pangs of keen desire—
See in my quiet places, wishes thronging—
Forbid them, Lord, purge, though it be with fire.”
― Amy Carmichael

“Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care.”
― Max Lucado, Experiencing the Heart of Jesus: Knowing His Heart, Feeling His Love

“A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

“CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED!”
― Ron Sanders

“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.”
― John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

“Focus on giants - you stumble.
Focus on God - Giants tumble.”
― Max Lucado, Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God

“As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Are you letting culture, not scripture, determine your sexuality, how you date, how you present yourself, how you engage in certain relationships with members of the opposite sex? We need to be very clear that the way we do life is different than the rest of the world.”
― Mark Driscoll

“We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.”
― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

“Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.”
― Wanda E. Brunstetter, Love Finds a Home

“Worry about tomorrow steals the joy from today.”
― Barbara Cameron, A Time to Love

“Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one”
― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine

“We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.”
― William Gurnall

“Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she called the "Rock-counsciousness" of the promise given her, "He goeth before.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael