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God Quotes

"On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him."

"On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

God, Son, Old, Years

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"God created man, but I could do better."

"God created man, but I could do better."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

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"Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you."

"Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

God, Being, Prayer

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"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

Alfred Korzybski, Polish Scientist

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"Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children."

"Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

God, Children, Destiny, Parents

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"If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?"

"If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?"

Terry Goodkind, American Writer

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"I don't have a religion. I believe in a God. I don't know what it looks like but it's MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural."

"I don't have a religion. I believe in a God. I don't know what it looks like but it's MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

God, Religion, Supernatural

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"The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included by God within the covenant of grace."

"The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included by God within the covenant of grace."

Thomas Goodwin, English Clergyman

God, Children, Grace, Now

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"God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also."

"God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

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"Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk."

"Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk."

Tom Waits, American Musician

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"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."

Larry Bird, American Coach

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"It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world."

"It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Children, Desire, Will

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"The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God."

"The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God."

Daniel Webster, American Statesman

God, Thought, Mind, Responsibility

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"He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods."

"He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods."

Kate Chopin, American Author

God, Gods, Painting, Pleasure, Possessions

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"If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me."

"If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

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"Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it."

"Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

God, Gods, Excellence, Lies, Quantity

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"I think God's justice is making wrongs right."

"I think God's justice is making wrongs right."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

God, Justice, Right, Wrongs

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"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

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"If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple."

"If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

God, Will, Woman

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"Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both."

"Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

God, Talent, Artists

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"Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, and let us know what we should do to stop this, this terrible, terrible holocaust."

"Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, and let us know what we should do to stop this, this terrible, terrible holocaust."

Norma McCorvey, American Celebrity

God, Father, Open

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"While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made in calling me to be his in the first place."

"While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made in calling me to be his in the first place."

James Green Somerville, American Minister

God, Choice, First

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"What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man... God has the likeness of fingers and hands and a face."

"What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man... God has the likeness of fingers and hands and a face."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

God, Father, Appearance, Man

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"Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them."

"Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them."

Constantin Brancusi, Romanian Sculptor

God, Work, Joy, Mystery

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"God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it."

"God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it."

Austin O'Malley, American Physicist

God, Wealth, Contempt

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"The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God."

"The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God."

Eric Butterworth, American Teacher

God, Fish, Man, Water

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"The world's creation has a beginning from the world's point of view, not from God's."

"The world's creation has a beginning from the world's point of view, not from God's."

Rowan D. Williams, British Archbishop

God, Beginning, Creation, World

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"Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls."

"Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

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"Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God."

"Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God."

Orson Pratt, American Theologian

God, People, Laws, Rebellion

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"Who says I am not under the special protection of God?"

"Who says I am not under the special protection of God?"

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

God, Protection

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"No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God."

"No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God."

William Blackstone, English Judge

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"I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God."

"I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God."

Andy Dick, American Actor

God, Day, Spiritual, Talk

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"God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven."

"God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven."

Imelda Marcos, Filipino Celebrity

God, Love, Heaven, Will

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"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him."

"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

God, May, Worship

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"Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins."

"Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

God, Humility, Ingratitude, Past

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"I know God is real."

"I know God is real."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

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"We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me."

"We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

God, Father, Eternity, Lies

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"Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God."

"Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God."

John Jewel, English Clergyman

God, Angels, Company, Paradise

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"God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair."

"God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

God, Despair, Spirit

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"I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me."

"I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me."

James Green Somerville, American Minister

God, Bed, Lying, Night

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"White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus."

"White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

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"I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood."

"I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood."

Ned Beatty, American Actor

God, Hollywood, Want, Writers

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"But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?"

"But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?"

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

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"And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?"

"And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?"

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

God, Gods, Fathers, Man

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"I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that!"

"I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that!"

Ken Hensley, English Musician

God, Goal, Day, Encouragement

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"My theology is such that the God who loves Israel and will not forsake Israel - which is why I want to see Israel have a secure nation with secure borders - also loves the Palestinians."

"My theology is such that the God who loves Israel and will not forsake Israel - which is why I want to see Israel have a secure nation with secure borders - also loves the Palestinians."

Tony Campolo, American Clergyman

God, Israel, Nation, Theology

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"The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves."

"The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves."

John Jewel, English Clergyman

God, Mind, Word

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"Jah is love, or God, whichever way you might accept it."

"Jah is love, or God, whichever way you might accept it."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

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"You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going."

"You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

God, Fear, Day, Feeling

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"It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed."

"It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed."

James Prescott Joule, English Physicist

God, Acquaintance, Laws, Mind

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