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God Quotes

"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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"It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him."

"It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

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"My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken."

"My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken."

Byron Nelson, American Athlete

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"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self."

"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self."

John Milton, English Poet

God, Man, Reason, Self

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"God himself preserved the Bible, and brought it down through the ages."

"God himself preserved the Bible, and brought it down through the ages."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

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"When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say."

"When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

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"Remember that God under the Law ordained a Lamb to be offered up to Him every Morning and Evening."

"Remember that God under the Law ordained a Lamb to be offered up to Him every Morning and Evening."

Thomas Ken, English Clergyman

God, Evening, Law

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"I am trying to get closer to God."

"I am trying to get closer to God."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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"Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight."

"Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight."

George C. Williams, American Scientist

God, Being, Fight, Job

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"All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!"

"All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!"

Robert Musil, Austrian Writer

God, Creation, Day, World

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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 forbid you sing about love. It's a lost concept."

"God forbid you sing about love. It's a lost concept."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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"Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God."

"Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

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"And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning."

"And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

God, Individuality, Meaning, Uniqueness

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"'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it."

"'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it."

Leonard Bacon, American Clergyman

God, Man, Trying

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"The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure."

"The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure."

Anton Seidl, Hungarian Celebrity

God, Ability, Measure

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"Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door."

"Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

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"You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other."

"You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other."

Jimmy Carter, American President

God, Belief, Conflict, Divorce

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"It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church."

"It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church."

Matthew Henry, English Clergyman

God, Church, Being

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"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last."

"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, Time, Day, Feeling

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"God doesn't believe in the easy way."

"God doesn't believe in the easy way."

James Agee, American Novelist

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"And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself."

"And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

God, Successful

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"Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs."

"Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

God, Church, Stars

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"A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card."

"A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card."

Edgar A. Shoaff, American Cartoonist

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"In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god."

"In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god."

Josef Albers, German Artist

God, Italy, Now

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"I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people."

"I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

God, People, Queen

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"Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body."

"Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body."

Johann Arndt, German Theologian

God, Soul, Fear, Body

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"Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom."

"Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

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"All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent."

"All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!"

"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!"

Thomas Ken, English Clergyman

God, Father, Son, Blessings

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"I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists."

"I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

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"One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything."

"One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything."

Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist

God, Truth, Credulity, Nothing

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"Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible."

"Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible."

George Bancroft, American Historian

God, Dishonesty

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"Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods."

"Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

God, Gods, Benefits, Public, Writers

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"The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God."

"The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God."

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

God, Delight, Self, Universe

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"There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder."

"There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder."

Charles Morgan, British Novelist

God, Being, Man

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"I believe that God has a specific plan and reason He created each one of us."

"I believe that God has a specific plan and reason He created each one of us."

Lisa Whelchel, American Actor

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"I think God has chosen to use this as a tool."

"I think God has chosen to use this as a tool."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

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"The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us."

"The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us."

Origen, Greek Theologian

God, Prayer, Voice, Will

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"It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future."

"It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future."

Frances Conroy, American Actress

God, Character, Future

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"Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent."

"Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent."

Jerry Lee Lewis, American Musician

God, Talent, People, Practice

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"To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition."

"To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition."

Woody Allen, American Director

God, Opposition

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"Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?"

"Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

God, Gods, Pain

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"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

God, Idea, Difficulty, Old

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"If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you."

"If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you."

Peter Marshall, Scottish Clergyman

God, Resentment

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"People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty."

"People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty."

Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British Actor

God, People, Royalty

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"Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors."

"Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

God, People, Neighbors

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"You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God."

"You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God."

Ruth St. Denis, American Dancer

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"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling."

"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling."

Izaak Walton, English Writer

God, Quiet, Recreation

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"Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose. Like any teenage girl, she has her insecurities, but for the most part she has a real healthy self-esteem."

"Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose. Like any teenage girl, she has her insecurities, but for the most part she has a real healthy self-esteem."

Charlene Tilton, American Actress

God, Purpose, Self, Teenage

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