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God Quotes

"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that."

"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that."

Aretha Franklin, American Musician

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"There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians."

"There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

God, Politicians, Stars

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"A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective."

"A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective."

Russell M. Nelson, American Clergyman

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"In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God."

"In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God."

Jessi Colter, American Musician

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"You never know God is all you need until God is all you have."

"You never know God is all you need until God is all you have."

Rick Warren, American Writer

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"John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded."

"John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded."

Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian

God, Blood, Preaching, Reform

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"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

God, Mother, Children, Name

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"Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need."

"Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

God, Religion, Bureaucracy, Man

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"God only knows what else is on the web about me."

"God only knows what else is on the web about me."

Illeana Douglas, American Actress

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"He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him."

"He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him."

George Orwell, British Author

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"Being God would be the ultimate."

"Being God would be the ultimate."

Macy Gray, American Musician

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"Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things."

"Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things."

John Jewel, English Clergyman

God, Comfort, Earth, Heaven

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"I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief."

"I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief."

Nick Cave, Australian Musician

God, Religion, Belief, Church

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"Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up."

"Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up."

John McCain, American Politician

God, Government, Media

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"When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"

"When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

God, Time, Children, Christmas

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"Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him."

"Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

God, Haste, Man

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"I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be."

"I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

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"Gray hair is God's graffiti."

"Gray hair is God's graffiti."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

God, Graffiti, Hair

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"God himself has no right to be a tyrant."

"God himself has no right to be a tyrant."

William Godwin, English Writer

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"My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque."

"My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

God, Mother, Man, Reward

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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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"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

God, December, Memory, Roses

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"The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts."

"The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

God, Gods, Gifts

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"Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!"

"Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!"

Morris West, Australian Writer

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"God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing."

"God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

God, Son, Hearing, Language

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"We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil."

"We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

God, Answers, Devil, Will

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"This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments."

"This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments."

Johann Arndt, German Theologian

God, Truth, Gifts, Pride

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"As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary."

"As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

God, Church, Law, Nothing

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"Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it."

"Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it."

Huey Lewis, American Musician

God, Film, Living

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"If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead."

"If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead."

William Law, English Clergyman

God, Difference, End, First

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"If you will come back and make that pledge, God will heal your heart tonight."

"If you will come back and make that pledge, God will heal your heart tonight."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

God, Heart, Will

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"There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry?"

"There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry?"

James Robinson, American Filmmaker

God, People, Beds, Poor

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"We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take the whole promise collectively made to him and us."

"We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take the whole promise collectively made to him and us."

Thomas Goodwin, English Clergyman

God, Being, Christ, Promise

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"Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul."

"Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

God, Soul, Force, Man

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"Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall."

"Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall."

Dick York, American Actor

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"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees."

"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees."

Robert Ley, German Soldier

God, Germany, May

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"May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore."

"May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

God, Choice, May, Respect

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"My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?"

"My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?"

Wade Boggs, American Athlete

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"I'll die young, but it's like kissing God."

"I'll die young, but it's like kissing God."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

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"Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better."

"Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless."

"Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless."

Joan of Arc, French Celebrity

God, Daughter, Fathers, Mothers

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"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."

"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."

Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier

God, Courage, Right

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"God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice."

"God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice."

John Donne, British Poet

God, Age, War, Justice

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"I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God."

"I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, Lie, Hair, Night

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"Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there."

"Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

God, Name, Word

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"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."

"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."

Jim Elliot, American Clergyman

God, Soul, Law, Laws

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"I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead."

"I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

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"You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God."

"You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it."

"God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

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"God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning."

"God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning."

Amiri Baraka, American Poet

God, Respectability

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