Christian Quotes

"I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way"

Patricia Heaton, Actress

"The fact that I was a believer, a Christian, everybody immediately thought this guy's a minister, he's so nice and, oh by the way, he can play a little bit. The other thing for me is being undersized. What a great story, what an overachiever, kind of like Rudy"

Mike Singletary, Athlete

"One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism"

Peter L. Berger, Sociologist

"The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing"

David Rockefeller, Businessman

"The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion"

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Activist

"I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument"

T-Bone Burnett

"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

"The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life"

Al Franken, Comedian

"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

"We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation"

Robert E. Lee, General

"If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand"

Ernest Holmes, Theologian

"My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian"

Robert E. Lee, General

"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

"I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women"

Daniel Defoe, Journalist

"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

"Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily"

Gary North, Writer

"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

"However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do"

Frederick William Robertson, Clergyman

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