Victoria Jackson Quotes

I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV is that when you think 'Christian,' you think 'goody two shoes' - they have to look a certain way and do certain things - and it's just not true.

Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect. I do not of course mean that all individuals, nominally Christian, deserve trust, confidence, or even respect, for the contrary is too often the case. Too often, men hold religion as they do property - in their wives' names.

I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.

And I think that George Bush really is a very godly person.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God was a recurrent Puritan theme.

I always felt God had called me to serve within the church because of what the church stands for. This has always been home.

I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all.

Much prayer, but no piety.

He who is near the church is often far from God.

Everyone in Spain follows the church: half with a candle, the other half with a club.

My father was a first reader in the Christian Science Church, which is similar to being a preacher. There was no drinking, smoking or cursing.

He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven.

The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

The Lord judgeth not as man judgeth; better to be cast out of the church than to deny Christ.

I take my religion seriously.

If we may not remain silent about evil in the Church, then neither should we keep silent about the great shining path of goodness and purity which the Christian faith has traced out over the course of the centuries.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.

I try to be a good person. I love Jesus.

Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.

Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.