Christian Quotes: Inspiration and Faith in Words

"As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice"

Adolf Hitler, Criminal

"I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point"

Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan - spoiled"

Israel Zangwill, Novelist

"The Law of God in the Christian religion is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ"

Randall Terry, Celebrity

"The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

"Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ"

H. L. Mencken, Writer

"No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"In this Epistle, the Apostle seeks, with great earnestness, to confirm the Christian converts in the belief of that Gospel, which he had so faithfully preached"

John Strachan, Clergyman

"How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority"

Neal Boortz, Journalist

"We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization"

Randall Terry, Celebrity

"No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing"

Otto von Bismarck, Leader

"No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man"

Israel Zangwill, Novelist

"I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient"

Horst Koehler, Statesman

"The real "action" in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential"

Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman

"When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual meetings. I would hate doing this because I wanted to play baseball or go off skiing"

Maureen Forrester, Musician

"To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations"

Rowan D. Williams, Clergyman

"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake"

Basil C. Hume

"My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone"

Adriana Lima, Model

"Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal"

Arthur Keith, Scientist

"Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die"

Anne Boleyn, Royalty

"It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

"Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men"

Voltaire, Writer

"The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

"A Christian is the highest style of man"

Edward Young, Poet

"I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all"

Franklin D. Roosevelt, President

"The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity"

Carl Jung, Psychologist

"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing"

Martin Luther King Jr., Minister

"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it"

Leo Tolstoy, Novelist

"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit"

Thomas Paine, Writer

"Man is raw and wild, that is one of the reasons why he needs the Christian teaching"

Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher

"I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

"Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon"

Martin Luther, Professor

"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride"

C. S. Lewis, Author

"I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

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