Top 200 Christian Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “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

52. “Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

53. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”

— Francis Bacon

54. “Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone-alone with God. Such loneliness is hard to endure, and impossible to enjoy unless God accompanies them. Prophets are lone men; they walk alone, pray alone and God makes them alone.”

— Leonard Ravenhill

55. “We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.”

— Francis Chan

56. “Jesus, I trust in You.”

— Mary Faustina Kowalska

57. “I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”

— Mother Teresa

58. “Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

59. “When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”

— Joel Osteen

60. “God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He’s working on you, too.”

— Rick Warren

61. “If you’re going to be a Christian, you’re going to change. You’re going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.”

— Johnny Cash

62. “Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don’t demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.”

— Russell M. Nelson

63. “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

64. “A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

65. “Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.”

— John Bosco

66. “Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.”

— Saint Augustine

67. “To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.”

— Thomas Merton

68. “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.”

— Billy Graham

69. “Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.”

— Mother Teresa

70. “The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

71. “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

72. “Without Christ there is no hope.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

73. “You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.”

— Max Lucado

74. “Let’s do something beautiful for God.”

— Mother Teresa

75. “Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.”

— Oswald Chambers

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

77. “Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.”

— Dallas Willard

78. “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

— Francis of Assisi

79. “Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

80. “Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

— Pope John Paul II

81. “Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.”

— Pope John Paul II

82. “Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”

— Billy Graham

83. “The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”

— Billy Graham

84. “To know God and to make Him known.”

— Loren Cunningham

85. “Give up your good ‘Christian’ life and follow Jesus.”

— Garrison Keillor

86. “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.”

— Max Lucado

87. “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”

— Morris L. West

88. “Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.”

— Oswald Chambers

89. “Don’t you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don’t come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.”

— Jeffrey R. Holland

90. “If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.”

— Mother Teresa

91. “God will make a way, where there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see.”

— Don Moen

92. “Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”

— Mother Teresa

93. “The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

94. “When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

95. “Look within, get depressed; Look around, get distressed; Look to Jesus, find perfect rest.”

— Joseph Prince

96. “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.”

— James Hudson Taylor

97. “You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”

— Corrie ten Boom

98. “God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”

— Billy Graham

99. “God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.”

— Max Lucado

100. “If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time.”

— Smith Wigglesworth