Pope Francis Quotes

We cannot be Christians part-time. If Christ is at the center of our lives, he is present in all that we do.

We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day.

Are we ready to be Christians full-time, showing our commitment by word and deed?

How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?

It is doubtful we can be Christian in anything unless we are Christian in everything.

How utterly terrible is the current idea that Christians can serve God at their own convenience.

Remain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom.

Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to basic Christian orthodoxy but do not want to engage in serious Bible study; they value moral probity, especially of the public sort, but do not engage in war against inner corruptions; they fret over the quality of the preacher's sermon but do not worry much over the quality of their own prayer life. Such Christians are content with mediocrity.

Indeed, a Christian ought to be disposed and prepared to keep in mind that he has to reckon with God every moment of his life.

A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.

Devotion means your involvement with life is no more conditional.

To give one's heart is to give all.

I'm spiritual. I'm religious. I'm a strong Christian and I'm a Catholic but I go to a Presbyterian Church. Occasionally I go to the Catholic church too. I take communion. I haven't transferred my membership or anything.

A church is a soul-saving company or it is nothing.

God is faithful and true. Confess your inability and His ability, and keep your eyes on Him.

I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.

We must show our Christian colors, if we are to be true to Jesus Christ. We cannot remain silent or concede everything away.

If you ignore every single thing Jesus told you to do, you are just auditing. You're not a Christian.

A Christian who is not a revolutionary today isn't a Christian

Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all.

A Christian's first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry his Christian code to the polls and vote them... If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease... it would bring about a moral revolution that would be incalculably beneficent. It would save the country.

God wants your life. Not one hour a week, not 10% of your income, He wants you.

No man can be a Christian by knowingly and willfully taking Christ on the installment plan, as Savior now, and Lord later.

Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might.