John Wooden Quotes

I realize that I cannot live without a spiritual dimension in my life.

If God is in a life, it doesn't have to be big to be happy and to be important in His kingdom.

'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.

I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians.

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

Life becomes meaningful and all activities are purposeful only on the basis of faith in the enduring reality.

Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.

There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.

The true office of any faith is to give life a meaning which death cannot destroy.

First off, I'd like to thank God for changing my life. It let me really realize what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people, and I realize that.

I believe that the purpose of life is to glorify God.

Once again, only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. One can hardly be wrong in concluding that the idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain

Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there is a unity, because the same great passion is fulfilled in both-namely, that Christ be magnified in this body-our bodies-whether by life or by death.

Is that all souls are for? For when we die?" "No. They're for living, too.

If you are searching for your purpose in life then you're never going to be satisfied. This life will never satisfy you. You'll never be happy and you'll never be content. The only really contentment or true happiness is with Christ.

The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.

One of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don't ever get up in the morning and wonder if what I do matters. I live every day to the fullest because I can live it through Christ and I know no matter what I do today, I'm going to do something to advance the Kingdom of God.

‎"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it.

We're part of God's much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God's Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It's your move.

The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure and discomforting of it is not put in relations to the mystery of God and if his plan for the world.

If our lives are truly plans of God, someone had better call a meeting soon to remind us, once more, what great miracles we really are.