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

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

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

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

Randall Terry, Celebrity

"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

"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

"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

"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

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

H. L. Mencken, Writer

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

Friedrich Nietzsche, 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

"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

"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

"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. That obliges me to be a Communist"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

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

Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher

"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

"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

"As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith"

Mark Hatfield, Politician

"The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people"

Mark Hatfield, Politician

"To be like Christ is to be a Christian"

William Penn, Leader

"I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here"

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader

"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

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

Martin Luther, Professor

"I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head"

Ken Kesey, Author

"The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out. If you're a Christian, why would you want to fry this dude?"

Ken Kesey, Author

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

Martin Luther King Jr., Minister

"People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do"

Tony Dungy, Coach

"Lovie Smith and I are not only the first two African-Americans but Christian coaches showing that you can win doing it the Lord's way and we're more proud of that"

Tony Dungy, Coach

"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

"The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion"

Samuel Butler, Poet

"People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced"

Samuel Butler, Poet

"The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth"

William Butler Yeats, Poet

"I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation"

Pat Robertson, Clergyman

"Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question"

Pat Robertson, Clergyman

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