140+ Christian Quotes to Inspire You

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Find faith, love, and hope with these motivational messages

Co-authored by Olivia Woodford and Aly Rusciano

Last Updated: March 24, 2025 Fact Checked

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Feeling a little down? These inspirational and motivational Christian quotes are a perfect way to lift anyone’s spirit! Rooted in faith and hope, these sayings can encourage you to stay on a positive and faithful path. Take a look through our list of inspiring quotes, verses, and sayings for a little pick-me-up whenever you need one.

The Most Uplifting Bible Quotes

“Let all that you do be done in love.” - 1 Corinthians 16:14
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” - Philippians 4:13
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” - Luke 6:31
“Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” - Psalm 31:24
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” - Colossians 3:2

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Inspirational Scripture

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These Bible verses are full of inspiration and motivation. When in doubt, turn to the Lord. As Bible expert Olivia Woodford affirms that the first line of communication with God is through prayer.^{[1]
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- “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33
- “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” - Romans 8:28
- “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” - Romans 15:13
- “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” - Philippians 2:3-4
- “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” - Joshua 1:9
- “I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” - Psalm 34:4-5, 8
- “For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, ‘Fear not, I am the one who helps you.’” - Isaiah 41:13
- “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” - Romans 15:13
- “If my people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” - 2 Chronicles 7:14
- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.” - Proverbs 3:5-6
- “When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ Your steadfast love, O Lord, helped me up. When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul.” - Psalm 94:18-19
- “Let all that you do be done in love.” - 1 Corinthians 16:14
- “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” - Philippians 4:13
- “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” - Luke 6:31
- “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” - Psalm 31:24
- “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” - Colossians 3:2
- “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” - Matthew 5:14
- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” - Proverbs 3:5
- “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” - Romans 12:12
- “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” - Proverbs 12:25

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Christian Sayings to Motivate

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These sayings can give you a boost of motivation whenever you need it. Feeling down in the dumps or a bit lost? Know that the Lord is by your side with these motivational messages. Not only will they help inspire you, but they can also give you strength.
- “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.” - Francis of Assisi^{[3]
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- “The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.” - Charles Stanley
- “Preach the gospel to yourself every day.” - Jerry Bridges
- “What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.” - John Wesley
- “Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” - Elisabeth Elliot
- “Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” - John Wesley
- “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” - St. Augustine
- “To add value to others, one must first value others.” - John Maxwell
- “The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.” - Thomas Watson
- “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” - Mother Teresa
- “Faith makes all things possible. Love makes them easy.” - D.L. Moody
- “The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.” - Oswald Chambers
- “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” - Jim Rohn^{[4]
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- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” - Thomas Edison
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” - Nelson Mandela
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius
- “When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to the happiness that you can give out.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” - Will Rogers
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot
- “Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” - Les Brown

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Christian Sayings to Encourage

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These sayings offer wisdom to help you move forward. Life happens, and it can be easy to get stuck in a rut. Break free with the help of these Christian sayings full of hope, faith, and motivation. Sometimes, even the simplest of words can help you feel whole.
- “Will power does not change men. Time does not change men. Christ does.” - Henry Drummond^{[5]
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- “Change always starts in your mind. The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act.” - Rick Warren
- “I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. It doesn’t change God – it changes me.” - C.S. Lewis
- “All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.” - Tim Keller
- “God changes people in a way that no one else can. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, or what sins you have committed. God washes away all of it.” - K.J. Bryen
- “God is unchanging. The weather changes. Fashion changes. Even change changes. God has not changed and cannot and will not ever change.” - Max Lucado
- “We need God’s guidance whether we are at a certain crossroad, making life changing, path altering decisions, or as we go through the day.” - Shannon Scott
- “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou^{[6]
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- “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” - Carrie Fisher
- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” - Frederick Douglass
- “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” - Chinese Proverb
- “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall
- “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” - Albert Einstein
- “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” - Rick Warren
- “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you… never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experiences that reveals the human spirit.” - E.E. Cummings
- “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi
- “The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia Earhart
- “It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.” - Queen Elizabeth II
- “Believe you can and you're halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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Positive Christian Sayings

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These sayings can add a bright light to your day. Not feeling the best? Have a little dose of happiness with these uplifting sayings! These quotes and affirmations are full of love, faith, and hope, making them a perfect way to add a bit of positivity to your day.^{[7]
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- “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." - Mother Teresa
- “Remember who you are. Don't compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth." - Lysa TerKeurst
- “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
- “If you can’t fly, then run, If you can’t run, then walk, If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." - Martin Luther King Jr.
- “God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go." - Tony Evans
- “Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them." - Elisabeth Elliot
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” - Helen Keller
- “There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God." - Alistair Begg
- “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” - Corrie ten Boom
- “God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.” - Max Lucado
- “God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C.S. Lewis
- “We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.” - Francis Chan
- “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” - Saint Augustine
- “The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you.” - Bernadette Devlin
- “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” - Brené Brown
- “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” - Francis of Assisi
- “God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- “It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.” - Charles Stanley
- “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” - Saint Augustine

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Christian Sayings About Love

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These sayings can open your heart to love. Bring some more light into your life with Christian sayings that inspire hope, faith, and love. These quotes are a great way to lift your spirits and spread love.^{[8]
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- “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” - Saint Augustine
- “To love someone means to see him as God intended him.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky
- “You will never really love until you love someone who hates you.” - Jack Hyles
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” - Mother Teresa
- “The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. And the best time to love is now.” - Rick Warren
- “Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service." - Jack Hyles
- “Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.” - Timothy Keller
- “But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.” - Bob Goff
- “Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbor; act as if you did." - C.S. Lewis
- “God is love. He didn’t need us. But he wanted us. And that is the most amazing thing." - Rick Warren
- “Remember who you are. Don't compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth." - Lysa TerKeurst
- “The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm." - Matt Chandler
- “Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole.” - Buddha^{[9]
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- “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Robert A. Heinlein
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu
- “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” - Jodi Picoult
- “Love recognizes no barriers.” - Maya Angelou
- “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” - Henry David Thoreau

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Christian Sayings About Strength

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These sayings can give you strength in dark times. Life isn’t always easy, and sometimes you need a pick-me-up. Take a look at these inspiring motivational quotes to give yourself a boost of energy and remind yourself just how strong you are:^{[10]
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- “Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength.” - Hudson Taylor
- “Remember, it is not your weakness that will get in the way of God’s working through you, but your delusions of strength. His strength is made perfect in our weakness! Point to His strength by being willing to admit your weakness.” - Paul David Tripp
- “So many times we say that we can’t serve God because we aren’t whatever is needed. We’re not talented enough or smart enough or whatever. But if you are in covenant with Jesus Christ, He is responsible for covering your weaknesses, for being your strength. He will give you His abilities for your disabilities!” - Kay Arthur
- “If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.” ~ George Mueller
- “I am mended by my sickness, enriched by my poverty, and strengthened by my weakness.” - Abraham Wright
- “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” - Albert Schweitzer
- “When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful.” - D.L. Moody
- “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” - Charles H. Spurgeon
- “And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” - Paulo Coelho^{[11]
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- “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway
- “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” - Christopher Reeve
- “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
- “It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving—we get stronger and more resilient.” - Steve Maraboli
- “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” - William Ellery Channing
- “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
- “We are stronger, gentler, more resilient and more beautiful than any of us imagine.” - Mark Nepo
- “It is time which imparts strength to all things and brings them to maturity.” - Hippocrates
- “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” - Mark Twain
- “Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.” - Francis de Sales

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Short Inspirational Christian Sayings

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These short and simple sayings can inspire you instantly. Need a quick pick-me-up? Take a look at these short sayings that are full of inspiration and motivation. They’re sure to inspire you and fill your heart with faith!^{[12]
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- “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” - Elisabeth Elliot
- “Your faith can move mountains and your doubt can create them.” - Anonymous
- “Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.” - Hosea Ballou
- “You are never left alone when you are alone with God.” - Woodrow Kroll
- “It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.” - Thomas Fuller
- “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” - C.S. Lewis
- “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” - George S. Patton
- “Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.” - Richard J. Foster
- “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” - Bethany Hamilton
- “God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.” - Catherine Marshall
- “Without Christ, there is no hope.” - Charles Spurgeon
- “The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.” - John Piper
- “The safest place in all the world is in the will of God, and the safest protection in all the world is the name of God.” - Warren Wiersbe
- “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” - C.S. Lewis
- “Christ literally walked in our shoes.” - Tim Keller
- “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.” - Corrie Ten Boom
- “The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.” - Billy Graham
- “God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.” - Tony Evans
- “Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life.” - Charles Stanley
- “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” - Saint Augustine