Top 896 Quotes & Sayings by Aiden Wilson Tozer

'Let God be true but every man a liar' is the language of true faith.

An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.

We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing.

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

Man appears for a little while to laugh and weep, to work and play, and then to go to make room for those who shall follow him in the never-ending cycle.

You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.

In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety.

One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?

The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world

The purpose of good works isn't to change us or save us; rather, it's the demonstration of the change within us.

We please God most, not by frantically trying to make ourselves good, but by throwing ourselves into His arms.

The big problem is not whether the Bible is true. The big problem is whether it is true in you.

Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to be.

We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.

Anything God has ever done, he can do now. Anything God has ever done anywhere, he can do here. Anything God has ever done for anyone, he can do for you.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order to be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, gives away so he can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge.

Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness.

Each day presents a new opportunity to experience God's presence.

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.

Until the Bible begins to talk to us, we really have not been reading it.

Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is.

It is astonishing, how many difficulties clear up without any effort when the inner life gets straightened out. If half the time we spend trying to fix up outward things were spent in getting our hearts right, we would be delighted with the result. Strange as it may seem, harmony within our hearts depends mostly upon our getting into harmony with God.

In every Christian's Heart, there is a cross and a throne, and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross, he remains on the throne. Perhaps this is at the bottom of the backsliding and worldliness among Gospel believers today. We want to be saved, but we insist that Christ do all the dying. No cross for us, no dethronement, no dying. We remain king within the little kingdom of man's soul and wear our tinsel crown with all the pride of a caesar; but we doom ourselves to shadows and weakness and spiritual sterility.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

Whatever may befall us, God knows and cares as no one else can.

God’s voice speaking tenderly to our hearts today is the same voice that powerfully called creation into being.

People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. they are facing only one direction, 2. they can never turn back, and 3. they no longer have plans of their own.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

God is more concerned with the state of people's hearts than He is with the state of their feelings.

No one can know truth except the one who obeys truth. You think you know truth. People memorize the Scriptures by the yard, but that is not a guarantee of knowing the truth. Truth is not a text. Truth is in the text, but it takes the text plus the Holy Spirit to bring truth to a human soul.

To truly know God we must long for Him without any other motive than reaching God Himself.

Rules for Self Discovery: 1. What we want most; 2. What we think about most; 3. How we use our money; 4. What we do with our leisure time; 5. The company we enjoy; 6. Who and what we admire; 7. What we laugh at.

The grace of God is infinite and beyond our ability to measure. His grace has no beginning and therefore no end.

The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend.

We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.

God will speak to the hearts of those who prepare themselves to hear; and conversely, those who do not so prepare themselves will hear nothing even though the Word of God is falling upon their outer ears every Sunday.

What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them...we must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly.

If we try to obey without faith, we get nowhere. If we try to have faith without obedience, it ends in nothing.

Retire from the world each day to some private spot. Stay in the secret place till the surrounding noises begin to fade out of your heart and a sense of God's presence envelops you. Deliberately tune out the unpleasant sounds and come out of your closet determined not to hear them. Listen for the inward voice till you learn to recognize it.

Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.

Whenever God begins something, we have the assurance that He will finish it. Nothing will stand in the way of Him accomplishing His purpose in this world and in our lives. What God starts, He finishes, and nobody can hinder Him. Sure, delays will happen. Just remember, God is in charge of the delays as well as the progress.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.

If worship bores you, you are not ready for heaven.

Regret for a sinful past will remain until we truly believe that for us in Christ that sinful past no longer exists.

It is dangerous to be so busy that you have no time to wait on God.

Any doctrine that makes the world your friend is not your friend.

When we make a choice today, we are deciding who we will be tomorrow.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be.

Before there can be fullness there must be emptiness. Before God can fill us with Himself we must first be emptied of ourselves.