Top 200 Craig Groeschel Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don’t are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It’s our burden.”

— Craig Groeschel

52. “Belief overflows to behavior. First we need to change what we believe. when we truly change what we believe, we’ll gladly change how we behave.”

— Craig Groeschel

53. “Being consumed by what people think of you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks of you.”

— Craig Groeschel

54. “If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.”

— Craig Groeschel

55. “When we love deeply, love makes us do things we wouldn’t otherwise do.”

— Craig Groeschel

56. “Envy is when you resent God’s goodness in other people’s lives and ignore God’s goodness in your own life.”

— Craig Groeschel

57. “True loyalty is proven not proclaimed.”

— Craig Groeschel

58. “If the Devil can’t make us really bad, then he’ll try to make us really busy.”

— Craig Groeschel

59. “If you don’t know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it.”

— Craig Groeschel

60. “If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.”

— Craig Groeschel

61. “You can’t walk on water until you get yourself out the boat.”

— Craig Groeschel

62. “Don’t resent, fear, or judge the next generation, believe in them.”

— Craig Groeschel

63. “When it comes to your marriage, if the grass looks greener somewhere else, it’s time to water your own yard!”

— Craig Groeschel

64. “I believe Christians often perceive obedience to God as some test designed just to see if we’re really committed to Him. But what if it’s designed as God’s way of giving us what’s best for us?”

— Craig Groeschel

65. “If you show me who you are being influenced by I will show you what you are becoming.”

— Craig Groeschel

66. “When we look at other people comparatively and competitively, we’re not seeing them as our brothers and sisters. We’re not loving them more than we love ourselves, and we we’re definitely not seeing them as God sees them.”

— Craig Groeschel

67. “How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.”

— Craig Groeschel

68. “But just as your body needs sleep, your soul needs time to rest in God. To learn more about Him. To talk to Him. To worship and praise Him. To fellowship with other brothers and sisters.”

— Craig Groeschel

69. “Boldness is behavior born out of belief.”

— Craig Groeschel

70. “It’s almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends.”

— Craig Groeschel

71. “Be who God called you to be. Live for the an audience of ONE.”

— Craig Groeschel

72. “You can’t change in your own power. If you feel overwhelmed by something bigger than you, let the one who is bigger than all things be the power you need in your weakness.”

— Craig Groeschel

73. “Gentleman, God created you with the heart of a warrior. Until there’s something you’re willing to die for, you can’t truly live.”

— Craig Groeschel

74. “As an organization changes your mindset as a leader also has to change. This becomes the lid to you organization. Whenever my organization starts to settle I believe I have to lift my lid, my capacity I have to think and act in a different way to achieve different results.”

— Craig Groeschel

75. “Don’t blame yourself for the declines, because one day you will credit yourself for the increases.”

— Craig Groeschel

76. “The New Testament is peppered with “one another” reminders. While Scripture says to love another, encourage one another, offer hospitality to one another, be kind to one another, many people are content tolerating one another, if not ignoring one another.”

— Craig Groeschel

77. “I was a full-time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ.”

— Craig Groeschel

78. “Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have.”

— Craig Groeschel

79. “Wisdom is all about the simple, often tiny, obvious things, done consistently, one at a time.”

— Craig Groeschel

80. “To be great at a few things and experience it, you’ll have to say no to many things.”

— Craig Groeschel

81. “God can and will break the labels that have held you hostage.”

— Craig Groeschel

82. “You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do.”

— Craig Groeschel

83. “God has given you every thing you need to reach every person you need to reach.”

— Craig Groeschel

84. “The things we worry about the most are the hints we trust God with the least.”

— Craig Groeschel

85. “Just as we are what we eat physically, we are also what we consume spiritually.”

— Craig Groeschel

86. “When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving.”

— Craig Groeschel

87. “The clearer your vision becomes, the easier it is to guard what God calls you to do.”

— Craig Groeschel

88. “Offer God what you have and trust Him to give you what you need.”

— Craig Groeschel

89. “Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.”

— Craig Groeschel

90. “There is no vacation, no experience, no dream home, and no thing outside of God that can bring rest in the essence of who you are. Your soul will be restless until it finds rest in Him.”

— Craig Groeschel

91. “God’s blessings, however, aren’t always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it... a burden.”

— Craig Groeschel

92. “Not taking risks ultimately leads to failure.”

— Craig Groeschel

93. “When we live by faith, we believe that God has everything under control. But if we start to worry, how we live says the opposite.”

— Craig Groeschel

94. “God had to do something IN me before He could do something THROUGH me.”

— Craig Groeschel

95. “Each time you think something good, speak it. Never rob someone of the blessings of an unspoken treasure.”

— Craig Groeschel

96. “We don’t have eternal life because we’re good, we have it because God is good.”

— Craig Groeschel

97. “We reflect God’s character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no secret motives, no hidden agenda.”

— Craig Groeschel

98. “Rather than just reacting to the waves of things that come, ride them with deliberate intention.”

— Craig Groeschel

99. “Don’t settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.”

— Craig Groeschel

100. “Normal people live distracted, rarely fully present. Weird people silence the distractions and remain fully in the moment.”

— Craig Groeschel