Quotes about Crosses
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
- Francis de Sales
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 30:13
Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 30:14
and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,
- Numbers 32:21
The life of every missionary abounds in crosses," said Théophane Vénard. And again: "True happiness consists in suffering, and in order to live we must die.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
- George W. Bush
God is always active in our lives. He always calls, he always asks us to take up our crosses and follow him. But do we see, feel, and recognize God's call, or do we keep waiting for that illusory moment when it will really happen? Displacement is not primarily something to do or to accomplish but something to recognize.
- Henri Nouwen
When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
- Richard Sibbes
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
- George W. Bush
Such is life, such the mysterious dispensations of providence. All of us have our little crosses, and every man, as the apostle so justly remarked, shall bear his own burden.
- Aldous Huxley
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
- Teresa of Avila
He said, "There's a sermon of John Donne's I have often had cause to remember during my lifetime. He says, Other men's crosses are not my crosses. We all have our own cross to carry, and one is all most of us are able to bear. How much do you owe him, Vicky?
- Madeleine L'Engle