Thomas Merton Quotes

Christians can trust God to redeem even the greatest of tragedies and the most desperate of situations.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

I believe God will make a way.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

I always pray for God's guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.

God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.

I'm very confident that God has a way of bringing good from difficulty.

I've tried to plan for my future in the past and it doesn't always work out the way I want it to, so leave it all up to the man upstairs.

There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves into His hands.

God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.

Trusting Him to work out your circumstances instead of using your own might and power will bring deep satisfying joy into your life.

God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.

God is at work in the worst of times. He is at work doing a thousand things no one can see but him.

Leave the rest to the gods.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

Just take one step at a time, trusting that God still has a plan for you, and He will make the best out of your situation.

I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That's why I believe faith is such a big part of the story. There are so many things that were orchestrated by God, that were put into place to make this perfect storm, that created Linsanity.

Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.

I think often that God is guiding me.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.

Rely on Allah but tie your camel.