Top 35 DeVon Franklin Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Don’t downgrade your dream to match your reality. Upgrade your faith to match your destiny.”

— DeVon Franklin

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2. “The truth is you and I are in control of only two things – how we prepare for what might happen and how we respond to what just happened. The moment when things actually do happen belongs to God.”

— DeVon Franklin

3. “The path to success requires you to commit.”

— DeVon Franklin

4. “Anything you pray for, you need to prepare for.”

— DeVon Franklin

5. “Keeping your family together is an extraordinary feat – especially in the face of great conflict.”

— DeVon Franklin

6. “When you get something that you don’t work for, you won’t know how to value or maintain it.”

— DeVon Franklin

7. “If your faith won’t fit in the door that opens, then I argue do not walk through that door.”

— DeVon Franklin

8. “My definition of God: God is not only the alpha, the omega, he is friend, he’s a confidant, he is a buddy. He is a lover of my soul. That’s my definition of God.”

— DeVon Franklin

9. “Don’t take shortcuts; if I want to be true to my beliefs, then shortcuts do not exist.”

— DeVon Franklin

10. “Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that’s getting ready to happen in your life.”

— DeVon Franklin

11. “Commit to a career built on sacrifice, not compromise.”

— DeVon Franklin

12. “To get where you want to go, you first have to become who God wants you to be.”

— DeVon Franklin

13. “Don’t abandon what makes you who you are. Don’t give up hope.”

— DeVon Franklin

14. “Cast PURPOSE as the lead in your movie and you will help God, your Director, produce a masterwork.”

— DeVon Franklin

15. “Trust the gifts that God has placed within you.”

— DeVon Franklin

16. “Unconditional love means accepting someone for who they are now, not who you hope they will be one day. People.”

— DeVon Franklin

17. “What if you are just one bend in the road away from achieving your God-ordained purpose? If you give up on your faith now, could you live with knowing that your chance of a lifetime was only one act of faith away?”

— DeVon Franklin

18. “No matter what you watch, it has an impact. So, why not use this medium to bring great stories to millions of people around the world with the goal of not only entertaining them but inspiring them. That’s what motivates me. That’s why I get up every day.”

— DeVon Franklin

19. “So my hope and prayer is that people will be impacted by the realization that miracles are everywhere and that God uses them to communicate to us that we’re not alone, and that we do have help.”

— DeVon Franklin

20. “The distance between you and success isn’t necessarily a yard – it’s an inch. But to get that final inch is excruciating. You have to stay committed.”

— DeVon Franklin

21. “Growing up in the church in West Virginia, faith is always there. It’s part of the fabric of the culture.”

— DeVon Franklin

22. “I feel like you only need one moment of inspiration to turn your life around.”

— DeVon Franklin

23. “Waking up in the morning, you didn’t have to even think, you did it. Being able to get to work, didn’t even have to think, you did it. That’s miraculous.”

— DeVon Franklin

24. “What matters is not where you are today, but what kind of person God is shaping you to become in preparation for the time when he brings his vision for your life to fruition. Keep your eyes straight ahead and focus on becoming the best possible professional and Christian. Let God take care of the future.”

— DeVon Franklin

25. “Home is about the person more than the place. Our marriage is our home, and it fills us back up when the world drains us.”

— DeVon Franklin

26. “Is your integrity at the level of the thing you are praying for?”

— DeVon Franklin

27. “Yeah, I look at the box office as an indication as how many lives that you’ve touched, so my hope is touch as many lives as possible.”

— DeVon Franklin

28. “I’ve dreamed about producing since I was a kid.”

— DeVon Franklin

29. “Just because you may not see this big, grand show or you may not fall down a tree and all of a sudden get miraculously healed, that doesn’t mean the miraculous isn’t all around you.”

— DeVon Franklin

30. “Making sure that each of us ends up with the people we are meant to be with is important to the Lord, so He takes His time making sure that the circumstances are right.”

— DeVon Franklin

31. “I try to use all aspects of media and my gifting and calling to help as many people as I can.”

— DeVon Franklin

32. “You know, I think people underestimate how miraculous getting a movie made is.”

— DeVon Franklin

33. “Honesty isn’t a sign of weakness but of strength. When we can admit we don’t have it all together, that we’re struggling to figure out how to deal with one another better and that we need help in the process, this is when positive change can take place. Communication is one of the main keys to effecting change.”

— DeVon Franklin

34. “Waiting gives you better knowledge of your partner. When you’re not blinded by lust.”

— DeVon Franklin

35. “Do an assessment of your discipline and look for areas where you are not as disciplined as you need to be, and then make adjustments immediately. What if your prayers for career advancement have already been answered but they have not manifested because you aren’t displaying the discipline required to handle the opportunity?”

— DeVon Franklin