Nikki Haley Quotes

I've tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.

If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is.

I'd have to say I've become more aware of my communal responsibility.

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

Developing Christlike attributes in our lives is not an easy task, especially when we move away from generalities and abstractions and begin to deal with real life. The test comes in practicing what we proclaim.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

God can only do for you what He can do through you.

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

In our post-Freudian world, it is no longer a goal to become people of character who live out a God-ordained ideal of selfhood.

We feel like if we miss a Sunday at church, that's one thing, but we can't miss an opportunity to help.

I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it.

I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.

RELIGION IS DOING; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy. Whether he likes it or not he shows his attitude towards religion by his actions and he can show his attitude only by his actions. Therefore if his actions are opposed to those which are demanded by a given religion he cannot assert that he belongs to that religion.

I believe that the real expression of your religious beliefs is shown in the daily pattern of your life, in what you contribute to your surroundings and what you take away without infringing on the rights of other people.

I'm not in public service, nor do I ever plan to be, but I give back in my own way.

When I went to college is really when it became my own. I had to get up out of that dorm room and go to church, go to mass on Sunday. That's when I took ownership of my faith.

For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social - as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message.

A lot of people can talk about their faith. When you live it every day and act on the word of God, it's pretty cool to see.

The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.

The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are.

I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice.

It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.

Do we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so as to be an active part of our communities, or do we close in on ourselves, saying 'I have so many things to do, that's not my job'?