Top 200 Christian Motivational Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Change Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

2. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

— Corrie ten Boom

Also featured in: Sunday Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Faith Quotes

3. “Do small things, with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Love Quotes, Action Quotes

4. “Do your best and God will do the rest.”

— Nick Vujicic

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Blessing Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

5. “In the midst of your battles, never forget that God loves you and He has a plan for you.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

6. “Trust God for the impossible-miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest.”

— David Jeremiah

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Scripture Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

7. “God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Sunday Morning Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

8. “When you keep God in first place, He will take you to places you’ve never dreamed of.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Blessing Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Blessed Quotes

9. “God is good all the time. Every time.”

— Russell Wilson

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Faith Quotes

10. “Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

11. “The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.”

— C. S. Lewis

Also featured in: Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Short Deep Quotes, Longing Quotes

12. “Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.”

— Saint Augustine

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Scripture Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Reflection Quotes

13. “God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Christian Quotes, Faith Quotes, Spirituality Quotes

14. “Get up every day, love God, and do your best. He will do the rest!”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Short Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

15. “I plead with you – never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”

— Pope John Paul II

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Christian Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes

16. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart...”

— Paul the Apostle

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Scripture Quotes, Care Quotes, Passion Quotes

17. “God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’”

— Billy Graham

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Faith Quotes

18. “God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Dreaming Big Quotes

19. “Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.”

— Ben Carson

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Quotes About Believing, Good Morning Quotes

20. “A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.”

— Rick Warren

Also featured in: Commitment Quotes, Discipleship Quotes

21. “You’ve got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you’ve got to believe that God has a reason for it and he’s going to make everything good.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Sunday Morning Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

22. “Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don’t make mistakes.”

— Max Lucado

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Identity Quotes

23. “Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Service Quotes

24. “Your job isn’t to judge. – Your job isn’t to figure out if someone deserves something or decide who is right or wrong. – Your job is to lift the fallen, restore the broken, and heal the hurting.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Healing Quotes

25. “Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.”

— Smith Wigglesworth

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Faith Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Victory Quotes

26. “Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.”

— Rick Warren

Also featured in: Sunday Quotes, Service Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Discipleship Quotes

27. “Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage – in every thought and deed.”

— Russell M. Nelson

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Identity Quotes

28. “God loves you UNCONDITIONALLY.”

— Victoria Osteen

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Grace Quotes

29. “Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at the core of the Gospel is the only hope for humanity. Wherever you go, ask God for wisdom on how to get that Gospel in, even in the toughest situations of life.”

— Ravi Zacharias

Also featured in: Sunday Morning Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Discipleship Quotes, Salvation Quotes

30. “It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.”

— Corrie ten Boom

Also featured in: Sunday Morning Quotes, Sunday Quotes

31. “Love is not patronizing and charity isn’t about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same – with charity you give love, so don’t just give money but reach out your hand instead.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Helping Others Quotes, Caring Quotes

32. “Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service.”

— Thomas S. Monson

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Happy Quotes, Discipleship Quotes, Quotes About Giving

33. “You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.”

— Max Lucado

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Acceptance Quotes

34. “Believing that you are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus and simply receiving the gift of no condemnation gives you the power to go and sin no more.”

— Joseph Prince

Also featured in: Sunday Morning Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Grace Quotes

35. “We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Be Kind Quotes

36. “Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.”

— Watchman Nee

Also featured in: Scripture Quotes, Salvation Quotes

37. “One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Care Quotes, Be Kind Quotes

38. “Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.”

— Saint John Chrysostom

Also featured in: Sunday Morning Quotes, Happy Sunday Quotes, Serenity Quotes

39. “When you’re full of yourself, God can’t fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.”

— Max Lucado

Also featured in: Scripture Quotes

40. “Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.”

— Corrie ten Boom

41. “The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.”

— Billy Graham

Also featured in: Salvation Quotes

42. “Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him?”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

43. “Don’t undervalue yourself. God loves you. Your worth is what you are worth to God. Jesus died for you. You are of infinite value.”

— Nicky Gumbel

Also featured in: Scripture Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Grace Quotes

44. “Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.”

— Pope Francis

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45. “One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Human Nature Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

46. “In EVERY situation and EVERY circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.”

— John Piper

Also featured in: Sunday Morning Quotes

47. “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Blessed Quotes

48. “Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.”

— Therese of Lisieux

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Love Life Quotes, Intention Quotes, Virtue Quotes

49. “The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.”

— Samuel Chadwick

Also featured in: Sunday Morning Quotes

50. “Whenever you serve others in any way, you are actually serving God.”

— Rick Warren

Also featured in: Make A Difference Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Happy Sunday Quotes, Quotes About Giving