Henry B. Eyring Quotes

I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us.

God does sometimes change our trying circumstances. But more often, He doesn't - because He wants to change us.

Religion teaches us that our lives here on earth are to be used for transformation.

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

The circumstances we ask God to CHANGE are often the circumstances God is using to CHANGE US.

The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be turned into something better than teaching, into character. We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something.

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

Christlikeness is your eventual destination, but your journey will last a lifetime.

The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits

God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man. Rather He alters the man to fit the robe.

When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.

God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.

Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy. If you behave in a certain way, you will be transformed.

We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.

God uses his Word, people and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character development. God's word provides the truth we need to grow, God's people provide the support we need to grow, and circumstances provide the environment we need to grow.

Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves.

So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.

Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me.