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" Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us. "

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" I believe God created sports for a good reason. It's recreation. It's something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well... I believe God is a sports fan. "

" The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage. "

Henry B. Eyring

" There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, 'Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language.' "

Elizabeth Gilbert

" God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union. "

Jefferson Davis

" God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. "

" God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. "

Saint Augustine

" I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion. "

" My hair is God's aura. Everything went up when I got home from the penitentiary. One night I went to lie down next to my wife, and my hair started popping and uncurling all on its own - ping, ping, ping, ping! I knew that it was God telling me to stay on the righteous path so he could one day pull me up to be there with him. "

" Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied by individual repentance, obedience, and diligence. "

David A. Bednar

" If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life. "

" Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. "

" I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table. "

" The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man. "

" It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. "

George S. Patton

" Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. "

" Music to me was never something that I could listen to while reading a book. Especially when I was studying music, if I was going to listen to music, I was going to put on the headphones or crank the stereo, and by God, I was going to sit there and just listen to music. I wasn't going to talk on the phone and multitask, which I can't do anyway. "

" Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. "

" From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us. "

" Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be. "

" Adoration is caring for God above all else. "

Evelyn Underhill

" We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. "

Oswald Chambers

" Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye. "

Douglas MacArthur

" Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy. "

Alfred A. Montapert

" Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged. "

" All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God. "

" Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. "

" My god is all gods in one. When I see a beautiful sunset, I worship the god of Nature; when I see a hidden action brought to light, I worship the god of Truth; when I see a bad man punished and a good man go free, I worship the god of Justice; when I see a penitent forgiven, I worship the god of Mercy. "

Edna St. Vincent Millay

" I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed. "

" If there is no God, everything is permitted. "

Fyodor Dostoevsky

" I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. "

Saint Augustine