Christian Quotes

"A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold"

Nelson A. Miles, Soldier

"The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian"

Aiden Wilson Tozer, Clergyman

"I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

"What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane"

Jean Dujardin, Actor

"Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness"

Richard Mentor Johnson, Politician

"I believe people who are looking for a fresh idea and spirit have received Danielson. The conservative Christian press have been quite mean to us, but the mainstream "secular" press has been very, very nice"

Daniel Smith, Politician

"It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians"

Peter Stuyvesant, Public Servant

"Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this"

Nicholas Sparks, Author

"I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass"

Barry Goldwater, Politician

"A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear"

Jena Malone, Actress

"I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not really created for non-Christians, so non-Christians almost never hear any of this music"

Larry Norman, Musician

"It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions"

Christopher Dawson, Writer

"Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs"

Carroll Quigley, Writer

"I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light"

Billy Corgan, Musician

"Because pornography is a tool of Satan that exploits and distorts our God-given sexuality, women - especially Christian women - need to understand the increasing threat of online pornography"

Donna Rice, Celebrity

"I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness"

Carrie Fisher, Actress

"I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that"

Arthur Hertzberg, Theologian

"I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians"

Anne Rice, Novelist

"During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians"

Al Sharpton, Politician

"One of my good friends is Christian, goes to church every Sunday, very religious. I'm fine with that and I will never judge her"

Amber Tamblyn, Actress

"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins"

Karl Barth, Theologian

"I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books"

John Grisham, Writer

"By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty"

Samuel Chase, Judge

"In the nineties I was doing those Blues Bureau records, but over the past two years, I have really gone back to my Christian roots and have been born again"

Rick Derringer, Musician

"I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking"

Paul Kantner, Musician

"There are any number of people who profess to be good Christian people who are willing to believe all kinds of things on suspicion. Now that is not the way the Bible directs for Christian people to do"

John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman

"I'm a practicing Christian - and I'm going to keep practicing till I get it right - but I don't feel everyone has to practice the same religion that I do. You have a right to worship who you choose and how you choose to"

Jane Elliot, Actress

"Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want"

James F. Cooper, Novelist

"A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year"

Roger Moore, Actor

"I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base"

Mira Sorvino, Actress

"For me, I go in and play a few Christian songs for an audience, and now I have people come up and not tell me I'm great, but tell me that my music is helping save their lives, helping them in the Lord, and helping them end their vices"

Rick Derringer, Musician

"My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make"

Thomas Arnold, Educator

"All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination"

Roger Sherman, Politician

"There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience"

Amy Lee, Musician

"When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to Christian television networks - and there are thousands of Christian television shows across the country - they are all politically right"

Tony Campolo, Clergyman

"It is always open season on Christian and on white folks because they are the group you can kick and you can get away with it. It is politically correct"

Jack Kingston, Politician

"I know the established Christian theology... I know the enemy, but the enemy doesn't know me. Thus the enemy has already lost the war"

Sun Myung Moon, Clergyman

"Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another"

John Clayton

"I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superficial prototype of what they think a Christian should be, but to discover who they really are"

Larry Norman, Musician

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