Saint Augustine Quotes

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

Am I learning how to use my Bible? The way to become complete for the Master’s service is to be well soaked in the Bible; some of us only exploit certain passages. Our Lord wants to give us continuous instruction out of His word; continuous instruction turns hearers into disciples.

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

The question isn't if someone will sign up for spiritual formation; it's just who and what our spirits will be formed by.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.

Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.

There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has.

I hope Americans will read and study the Bible in the coming year. It's my firm belief that the enduring values, as I say, presented in its pages have a great meaning for each of us and for our nation.

A simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his God and Savior than a more learned scholar who is content with being theologically correct.

The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people.

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.

I've gone through my periods. I've read the Bible completely, all the way through twice. I did it once when I was about 20 and I did it again when I was about 30.

As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.

Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.

When it comes to religion today, we tend to be long on butterflies and short on cocoons. Somehow we're going to have to relearn that the deep things of God don't come suddenly.

God has spoken to me differently through my life, and it has gotten better as I've gotten older. I don't know if that's my reception or his maturing.

Though we must never think to learn above our Bible, as long as we are here in this world, yet we must still be getting forward in it.

Making conclusions about life is a sure way to deny yourself the possibility of a human being transforming himself into the Divine.

I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.

Don't you quote Sister White. I don't want you ever to quote Sister White until you get your vantage ground where you know where you are. Quote the Bible. Talk the Bible. It is full of meat, full of fatness. Carry it right out in your life, and you will know more Bible than you know now.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our Lord's sweet hand square us and hammer us and strike off the knots of pride self-love and world-worship and infidelity that He may make us stones and pillars in His Father's house.

We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.