"God's primary objective is not to make our lives easy but to make our lives matter."
- Unknown
Our collection of inspiring quotes.
"God's primary objective is not to make our lives easy but to make our lives matter."
- Unknown
"I didn't go to religion to make me 'happy.' I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity."
- C. S. Lewis
Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them. The things we try to avoid and fight against— tribulation, suffering, and persecution— are the very things that produce abundant joy in us. A saint doesn’t know the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it.
- Oswald Chambers
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Bearing one another's burdens is not easy, but it is also not optional."
- Francis Chan
"Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, fully lived ... life lived in a blaze of reality."
- Dolores LaChapelle, powder skiing pioneer