40 Christian Quotes to Inspire Your Faith Every Day

Compiled & Edited by 2nd Peter

Inspiration is subjective, as different people will find different things to be inspiring. However, Christians can unite around one inspirational source—God himself. God is the basis for all of our inspiration because He is the basis for everything good and everything worth imitating.

Here, are our favorite Christian quotes from a variety of influential Christians that inspire us and point us back to Christ. Enjoy these many different thoughts on the Christian life and read them throughout the day for encouragement and inspiration in your faith walk.

40  Inspiring Christian Quotes

1. "Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” - John Piper

2. "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us” - Augustine

3. "God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile" - Max Lucado

4. "God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies." - Hudson Taylor

5. "God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."  - Tony Evans

6. "Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” - Corrie ten Boom

7. "Christ literally walked in our shoes." - Tim Keller

8. "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

9. "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

10. "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.

11. "Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter." - Francis Chan

12. "If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!" - D.L. Moody

13. "You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read." - John MacArthur

14. "We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face...we must do that which we think we cannot."  - Eleanor Roosevelt

15. "He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he’s moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain." - Randy Alcorn

16. "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

17. "The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'” - Billy Graham

18. "Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one" - A.W.Tozer

19. "If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things.  It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'." - Elisabeth Elliot

20. “There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God." - Alistair Begg

21. "Relying on God has to start all over everyday, as if nothing has yet been done."  –C. S. Lewis

22. "This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We’re on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet." - Beth Moore

23. "The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." - Abraham Lincoln

24. "Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life." - Charles Stanley

25. "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

26. "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." - Chuck Swindoll

27. "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." - Mother Teresa

28. "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

29. "Continuous effort -- not strength nor intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our potential." - Winston Churchill

30. "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him” - John Piper

31. "Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them." -  Elisabeth Elliot

32. "God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go." - Tony Evans

33. "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

34. "The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us." - Billy Graham

35. "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

36. "God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message. He takes the trials and tests and turns them into a testimony." - Christine Caine

37. "What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God." - Rick Warren

38. "Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve. Provoke yourself by recollection, and your affection for God will increase tenfold; your imagination will not be starved any longer, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright." -Oswald Chambers

39. "We can see hope in the midst of hopelessness. We can see peace in the midst of chaos. We have a hope that the world does not have. We can see clearly that all things work together for the good of them that love Him and are called according to His purpose." - Priscilla Shirer

40. "There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because he is the living Lord." - Franklin Graham