God Quotes

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

Nature is the art of God.

Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.

You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

Music is part of God's universe.

I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.

I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.

I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.

It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable.

I had a couple of movies that I was passionately involved with that I could never get made. 'Richard Pryor,' I wrote for - gosh - over a year. That was close to getting made for two-and-a-half years after that. We're still pushing it, you know. It is weird. Suddenly you wake up and it's like, 'God, five years have gone by.'

When I watch myself in movies I go, 'My God.'

If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.

Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God.

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money.

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

The U.S.-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us.

God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money.