Top 117 Quotes & Sayings by Mark Hart - Page 2

God doesn't desire our worship because He is egocentric. He desires it because we are.

The people hung upon His words - that is, until they hung Him on a cross. Admiration is fleeting. Love is eternal.

Great morning prayer is like marinating in the Holy Spirit.

It's been a few days since I've seen my kids. My hearts racing; I can't wait to hold them. This is just a glimpse into God's heart at Mass.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid. Courage means we refuse to be mastered by fear.

We can't experience all that Heaven has to offer until we renounce all that the world offers in its place.

Faith does not contradict reason. Faith exceeds reason.

Fatherhood: How God blesses you out of your selfishness and floods your soul with love, all while reminding you how little you know.

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus offers more than God's personal email or private cell number - He offers us a heart transplant.

Prayer is where the cross changes shoulders.

The devil doesn't sit idly by while you seek God. If you're pursuing Christ, the enemy is pursuing you.

If you want to live as a Christian, get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

A broken heart is merely an empty manger. Invite the Virgin and the carpenter to pray beside you. Invite the Savior to dwell there.

A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."

Sometimes we forget that sin really is optional.

Much of Satan's time is spent trying to make you remember what God has already forgotten. Reconcile, rejoice, and look forward.

Sunday doesn't just prepare us for the week ahead - it prepares us for eternity.

The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.

Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.

Instead of loving the Trinity of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), we tend to love a different trinity: Me, myself, and I.

If your sin feels "too big," your vision of God is too small.

Life was a lot more adventurous before caller I.D.

Gray and overcast from my earthly perspective, but it's sunny above these storm clouds. Grace lets us see life from God's point of view.

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.

Tell the devil to go to hell... that's where he belongs.

Enthusiasm is contagious - so is a lack of it. Joyless Christians are a greater assault on the gospel than atheism.

Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up.

Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.

If we could see, even for a split second, the depths of God's love for us - all we'd want to do is worship and prayer would never seem a chore.

If today were your final day of this life, would those things causing you stress still do so?

As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.

If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.

Our Sabbath practices reveal which Trinity we truly worship: Father, Son, and Spirit... or me, myself, and I.

We often talk about how we are God's "hands and feet," which is true. That being said, we can't fall into the trap of thinking God needs us like we need Him. He's God - which makes the reality that He wants to use us and be in relationship with us an even sweeter, more profound truth.

If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I'd be really holy.

If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, an even greater miracle happened: 12 relatively uneducated guys changed the world and were martyred to protect a lie.

God’s truth is this: abortion is murder.

Friday and Saturday nights have a funny way of revealing what we really believe on Sunday mornings.

God has a plan for you today: one designed to help get you to Heaven.

When it's hardest to pray are usually the times I need to pray the hardest. Not sure if that's irony or common sense.

Married couples, may we never forget that when attacks come the grace of the sacrament is eternally stronger than we are.

God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.

Some people say, "If you trust in God's unconditional love, why do you need to pray?" A better ending is "why wouldn't you want to?"

Honestly, I don't think Victoria has too many Secrets left... might be time to prayerfully consider a name change.

There are 2 main things I've learned about following the Holy Spirit: It will never be easy. It will never be boring.

Maybe if we said that sin causes cancer, people would take it more seriously.

The following is a phrase we don't hear enough but that I sincerely mean (and our culture needs to hear more often): I love being married.

Using death to defeat death... wow. No way the devil saw that one coming.

When a majority of my prayers are for others to change, I've gotten off track. Lord, change this sinner's heart.

Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for Heaven."

Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.

It breaks my heart when couples focus more on being wed than being married. Two become one doesn't happen without work, humility, and sacrifice.

Preaching Christ's truth always bears fruit. Of course, some people will probably end up wanting to throw that fruit at you.

"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.

A rib... loaves and fish... some spit... God can do a lot with a little.

It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.

Many of us want to know why we don't "hear" God when we pray. Few of us shut up long enough to really listen.