Leo Tolstoy Quotes

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

Act, and God will act.

Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

We're big fans of the idea that faith without works is dead.

If I conduct myself publicly and privately in a way that is honorable, not just to the people of the district that I represent but to God, then I will feel like I have been successful.

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will.

Genuine religion is not about speculating about God or the soul or about what happened in the past or will happen in the future; it cares only about one thing—finding out exactly what should or should not be done in this lifetime.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

All that men will serve God with must be done in Faith, viz. in the Spirit. It is the Spirit that maketh the work perfect, and acceptable in the sight of God. All that a man undertaketh and doeth in Faith, he doth in the Spirit of God, which Spirit of God doth co-operate in the work, and then it is acceptable to God.

I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. And I believe if He's pleased, that people like my mother and my daddy, my grandparents, you know, my husband, my children, they'll be pleased.

While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

I serve God, and my purpose is to please Him, and if God be for you, who can be against you?

If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth, and we should be as children of one father, and should need no law or ordinance. For God is not served by any law, but only by obedience.

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

I worship God. Religion and worship are two different things to me. Religion is by the book. I think too many people rely on the textbook: 'OK, it says to do this and it says to do that, so if I do this, this, and that, then I still can go out and do wrong because I did this, this, and that.'

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.