INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

- Quotes that inspired HFM

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

— Winston Churchill

A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.

— John Bunyan

Remember, life is like a poker hand. What one first gets is the result of the draw. It’s what we do with what has been dealt that wins in the end!

— Keavin Hayden

A fanatic is someone who cannot change his mind and will not change the subject.

— Winston Churchill

In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then, the church moved to Greece where it became a philosophy. Then, it moved to Rome where it became an institution. Next, it moved to Europe where it became a culture. And, finally, it moved to America where it became an enterprise.

— Richard Halverson

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.

— Robert H. Schuller

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

— George Burns

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

— Anne Lamott

Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

— Jeremiah 33:3

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

— Charles Studd

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

— H.L. Mencken

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

— George Bernard Shaw

Read the Bible. Just read the Bible. It has the ring of truth. It defends itself. It’s like a lion. You don’t defend the lion. You open the cage and let it out.

— John MacArthur

We should never allow the things we do not understand to obscure for us the areas of truth where God has provided clear understanding.

— Derek Prince

When you hear someone state, “I know what the Bible says, but…” it should be a telltale sign that they don’t really know what the Bible says.

— Keavin Hayden

Men will not be judged by what historians have written, but by the words the Lord has spoken.

— Louis F. Were

IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING, ANY TRAIL WILL TAKE YOU THERE.

— Anonymous

LIVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF SOMEONE SPEAKS ILL OF YOU, NO ONE WILL BELIEVE IT.

— Anonymous

Ideas are like seeds... From seeds dropped in fertile ground grow the mighty oaks that anchor the land... From ideas planted in the fertile soil of the human mind grow the thoughts and convictions of mankind.

— Ken Ham, One Race, One Blood

Satan is most effective in the church when he comes not as an open enemy, but as a false friend; not when he persecutes the church, but when he joins it.

— John MacArthur

The truth is always greater than our knowing.

— Jonathan Cahn

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

— Thomas Edison

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

— Epicurus

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

— William Faulkner

Do not despise the day of small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.

— Zechariah 4:10

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

— Jewish Proverb

The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it.

— Dwight L. Moody

In order to write about life first you must live it.

— Ernest Hemingway

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

— Mark Twain

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

— Les Brown

Be nice to people on the way up, because you may meet them on the way down.

— Jimmy Durante

Do not fear anything except the LORD Almighty. He alone is the Holy One. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else. He will keep you safe.

— Isaiah 8:13 (NLT)

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

— Mark Twain

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

— John Lennon

Joseph stood in Egypt; Daniel stood in Babylon; but, Adam fell in Paradise.

— Unknown

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

— Saint Augustine

God never made a promise that was too good to be true.

— Dwight L. Moody

After the day’s work is done, that’s the time for wine.

— 12th Century

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

When you open your Bible, God opens His mouth.

— Mark Batterson

Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them.

— E. Paul Hovey

The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it.

— Dwight L. Moody

In order to write about life first you must live it.

— Ernest Hemingway

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

— Mark Twain

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

— Les Brown

Be nice to people on the way up, because you may meet them on the way down.

— Jimmy Durante

Do not fear anything except the LORD Almighty. He alone is the Holy One. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else. He will keep you safe.

— Isaiah 8:13 (NLT)

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

— Ecclesiastes 3:15 (NET)

In order to write about life first you must live it.

— Ernest Hemingway

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

— Mark Twain

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

— Les Brown

Be nice to people on the way up, because you may meet them on the way down.

— Jimmy Durante

Do not fear anything except the LORD Almighty. He alone is the Holy One. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else. He will keep you safe.

— Isaiah 8:13 (NLT)

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

— Ecclesiastes 3:15 (NET)

Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them.

— E. Paul Hovey

The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it.

— Dwight L. Moody