153 God Quotes For Daily Living

At times, we forget just how God blesses us, and so, we’ve prepared over 100 God quotes to remind you that the Lord prepares a path before us, each and every day and that we should always hold onto our faith.

As the Psalms say, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble,” and it is Him that we should turn to in our hour of need.

That’s something simple and easy to forget, but it’s so true.

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“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.” – John Piper
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa
“God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.” – Mother Teresa
“God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.” – Edwin Louis Cole
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C.S. Lewis
“Let your faith be bigger than your fear.” – Anonymous
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.” – Erma Bombeck
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.” – Søren Kierkegaard
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” – Voltaire
“God is in the hearts of all, and they that seek shall surely find Him when they need Him most.” – Louisa May Alcott
“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.” – Max Lucado
“God will never let us down because his love is unconditional.” – Anonymous
“God is love. He didn’t need us. But he wanted us. And that is the most amazing thing.” – Rick Warren
“I believe in God like I believe in the sun, not because I can see it, but because of it, I can see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis
“God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.” – Anonymous
“God’s plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.” – Anonymous
“God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which He must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.” – A.W. Tozer
“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.” – Elbert Hubbard
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” – Saint Augustine
“God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.” – Mother Teresa
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants His footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.” – William Cowper
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” – Søren Kierkegaard
“God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.” – John Piper
“Relying on God has to start all over every day, as if nothing has yet been done.” – C.S. Lewis
“God’s love is like an ocean. You can see its beginning, but not its end.” – Rick Warren
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1
“God doesn’t just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.” – Joni Eareckson Tada
“We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the world.” – Mother Teresa
“When God gives you a new beginning, it starts with an ending.” – Anonymous
“God understands our prayers even when we can’t find the words to say them.” – Anonymous
“God’s mercy is bigger than any mistake you’ve made.” – Anonymous
“God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.” – Tony Evans
“God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland
“God has a purpose behind every problem.” – Rick Warren
“God can restore what is broken and change it into something amazing. All you need is faith.” – Joel Osteen
“We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.” – Max Lucado
“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” – Numbers 23:19
“God’s promises are like the stars; the darker the night, the brighter they shine.” – David Nicholas
“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” – Hudson Taylor
“What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.” – Oprah Winfrey
“When God says ‘yes,’ nobody can say ‘no.’” – Anonymous
“God’s grace is sufficient for those that believe and trust in Him until the end.” – Anonymous
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” — C.S. Lewis
“We must make a study of our God: what he loves, what he hates, how he speaks and acts. We cannot imitate a God whose features and habits we have never learned. We must make a study of him if we want to become like him. We must seek his face.” — Jen Wilkin
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” – Lamentations 3:22
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” – Psalm 13:5
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
“Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” – Psalm 36:5
“How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.” – Psalm 36:7
“But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” – Psalm 86:15
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. – Voltaire
“God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.” — A.W. Tozer
“Don’t worry about what may or may not happen! God is working behind the scenes for you!” – Paula White
“Our task is not to somehow inject God into our work but to join God in the work he is already doing in and through our vocational lives.” — Tish Harrison Warren
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia
“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.” — Max Lucado
“I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.” – Rumi
“If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.” — R.C. Sproul
“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.” – Ronald Reagan
“God is the ultimate Creator and He’s crafted all things for His glory and my good.” — Lore Ferguson Wilbert
“Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” – Ben Carson
“The central basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.” — Timothy Keller
“Don’t treat people the way they treat you. Treat people the way God treats you.” – Dave Willis
“God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.” — Charles Spurgeon
“The truth of the matter is, you are special. You are one of a kind! You were created to do things that no one else was created to do!” – Victoria Osteen
“Prayer is the link between God’s inexhaustible resources and people’s needs…God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together.” — Charles Stanley
“God gives us difficulties to bring out the best in us.” – Marvin J. Ashton
“The greatest story ever told is of a God who so loved the world that he chose to suffer for it.” — K.J. Ramsey
“God loves you. He wants you to succeed. He wants the best for you.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“The psalmist declares, ‘This is the day that the Lord has made.’ This one. We wake not to a vague or general mercy from a far-off God. God, in delight and wisdom, has made, named, and blessed this average day. What I in my weakness see as another monotonous day in a string of days, God has given as a singular gift.” — Tish Harrison Warren
“When people let you down, God will lift you up!” – Paula White
“The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 a.m. for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.” — Timothy Keller
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.” — Dwight L. Moody
“Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.” – Francine Rivers
“Good humor and laughter are far too wonderful not to come straight from the heart of God.” — Beth Moore
“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” – Augustine
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” — Corrie ten Boom
“There is never a moment when God isn’t moving toward the world in love.” — Rich Villodas
“The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God’s love for us does not.” — C.S. Lewis
“Don’t worry about other people’s opinions of you. God never told you to impress people; only to love them.” – Dave Willis
“God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.” — Max Lucado
“God will tell you the way to go, but then you have to do the walking.” – Joyce Meyer
“If God is holy, then He can’t sin. If God can’t sin, then He can’t sin against me. If He can’t sin against me, shouldn’t that make Him the most trustworthy being there is?” — Jackie Hill Perry
“Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.” – Joel Osteen
“We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“When you have nothing left but God, you have more than enough to start over again.” – Mother Teresa
“Joy is what God gives, not what we work up.” — Eugene Peterson
“‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Before the water turned into wine, someone had to do the ordinary, tiresome task of filling the water pots. We want the new wine to just appear, but Jesus calls us to fill the jars first. In short, God often wants us to participate in our own transformation.” — Rich Villodas
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” — C.S. Lewis
“God is the presence and power within you, right now. God is the mastermind working through you now.” – Reverend Ike
“If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him.” — Charles Stanley
“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” – Billy Graham
“When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn’t go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.” — Eugene Peterson
“If I love God, I must love people. I don’t have the choice to choose when.” — Jackie Hill Perry
“Our relationship must be right with God before it can be right with man.” — Billy Graham
“You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.” — Rick Warren
“God never made a promise that was too good to be true.” — D.L. Moody
“An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one, He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.” — A.W. Tozer
“The Bible does tell us who we are and what we should do, but it does so through the lens of who God is. The knowledge of God and the knowledge of self always go hand in hand.” — Jen Wilkin
“People see God every day, they just don’t recognize him.” – Pearl Bailey
“There’s a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.” — J.I. Packer
“If we want to feel deeply about God, we must learn to think deeply about God.” — Jen Wilkin
“May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“In many instances I have felt the power of God transforming the fatigue of despair into the buoyancy of hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.” — Martin Luther
“People say that God doesn’t speak directly to us, but I know that if you want to hear what God is saying to you, all you have to do is ask.” – Jodi Arndt
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.” – Alan Cohen
“Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.” — R.C. Sproul
“God’s thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.” — Charles Spurgeon
“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.” — Martin Luther
“God’s voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud as a church bell.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.” — Charles Stanley
“When I put God first, God takes care of me and energizes me to do what really needs to be done.” — Dr. David Jeremiah
“No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Don’t magnify your problems, magnify your God…he’s got you covered.” — Tony Evans
“Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.” — Beth Moore
“The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the Creator and Redeemer.” — John Calvin
“God will meet you where you are, in order to take you where he wants you to go.” – Tony Evans
“Obeying the will of God takes priority over satisfying cultural expectations.” — Tony Evans
“If I am fully known and not rejected by God, how much more ought I to extend grace to my neighbor, whom I know only in part?” — Jen Wilkin
“There is nothing you could ever do that would change the way God feels about you.” – John Burke
“To tell you about what God has done for my soul is to invite you into my worship.” — Jackie Hill Perry
“To fear God simply means to take God seriously, as opposed to taking God casually.” — Tony Evans
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” – Søren Kierkegaard
“As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.” — R.C. Sproul
“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.” – Elbert Hubbard
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” — C.S. Lewis
“The one who is worthy of worship, glory, and fanfare spent decades in obscurity and ordinariness. As if the incarnation itself is not mind-bending enough, the incarnate God spent his days quietly, a man who went to work, got sleepy, and lived a pedestrian life among average people.” — Tish Harrison Warren
“Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.” — John Calvin
“Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.” – Pat Alger
“As for His failing you, never dream of it — hate the thought of it. The God who has been sufficient until now should be trusted to the end.” — Charles Spurgeon
“He is so much greater than the greatest thing and much more glorious than the most glorious glory the eyes could see. Knowing this, He becomes the aim of all our doing. Because, if God is bigger than we can imagine, we are wasting our time to chase after something or someone lesser than Him. And because we know that He is our all in all, in our temptations, our trials, and our victories, we must place our ultimate identity not in who we are, but in who we know God to be.” — Jackie Hill Perry
“God’s specialty is raising dead things to life and making impossible things possible. You don’t have the need that exceeds His power.” — Beth Moore
“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love. – Meister Eckhart
“No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.” — Dwight L. Moody
“There is no task too small or too routine to reflect God’s glory and worth.” — Tish Harrison Warren
“Do your best and let God do the rest.” – Ben Carson
“As we place our dependence upon God, an incredible freedom and peace will begin to rest in our hearts. And reaching that point in our lives makes every failure worth it.” — Charles F. Stanley
“It doesn’t matter if a million people tell you what you can’t do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that’s all you need.” – Tyler Perry
“To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark that is faith.” – C.H. Spurgeon
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck
“Christ, on the other hand, declares that every single one of God’s creatures is under his hand and care and that nothing happens by chance.” — John Calvin
“Every single thing He has ever or will ever say is true. The simplicity of faith is this: taking God’s Word for it. And I might not have felt like it, but I had no choice but to believe Him.” — Jackie Hill Perry
“A vision of God high and lifted up reveals to me my sin and increases my love for him. Grief and love lead to genuine repentance, and I begin to be conformed to the image of the One I behold.” — Jen Wilkin
“God does not play dice with the universe.” – Albert Einstein

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