Easter Inspirational Quotes

• We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Christian, Wisdom, Easter

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• And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.

  Saint Augustine

  Easter, Heart, Sight

  "Confessions".

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• The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.

  Henry Knox Sherrill

  Spiritual, Easter, Life Changing

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• Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

  Martin Luther

  Friday, Spiritual, Jesus

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• We live and die; Christ died and lived!

  John Stott

  Easter, Life Changing, Sunday

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• A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Friday, Jesus, Easter

  Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.47, New Directions Publishing

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• See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices.

  Charles Kingsley

  Easter, Sleep, Winter

  Charles Kingsley (2008). “Andromeda and Other Poems: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.229, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou - Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.

  Emily Bronte

  Easter, Art, Atoms

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2014). “Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell”, p.212, The Floating Press

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• Thou art the Sun of other days.
  They shine by giving back the rays.

  John Keble

  Easter, Art, Giving

  John Keble (1829). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble].”, p.130

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• 'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees
  Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Easter, Sunday, Air

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.49

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• Celestial spirit that doth roll; The heart's sepulchral stone away, Be this our resurrection day, The singing Easter of the soul - O gentle Master of the Wise, Teach us to say: "I will arise."

  Richard Le Gallienne

  Wise, Easter, Heart

  Richard Le Gallienne (1913). “The lonely dancer: and other poems”

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• Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out.

  Bertran de Born

  Sweet, Easter, Flower

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• Unfortunately there is nothing more inane than an Easter carol. It is a religious perversion of the activity of Spring in our blood.

  Wallace Stevens

  God, Religious, Easter

  Wallace Stevens, Holly Stevens (1966). “Letters of Wallace Stevens”, p.193, Univ of California Press

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• I lied on my Weight Watchers list. I put down that I had 3 eggs... but they were Cadbury chocolate eggs.

  Caroline Rhea

  Easter, Weight Watchers, Chocolate Eggs

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• The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

  Joseph Addison

  Birthday, Crush, Easter

  Joseph Addison (1811). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison”, p.288

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• The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.

  Deepak Chopra

  Easter, Thinking, Way

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• If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar

  Easter, Fall, Together

  Hans Urs von Balthasar (1985). “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”, p.41, Ignatius Press

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• Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.

  N. T. Wright

  Easter, World, Resurrection

  N. T. Wright (2009). “Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at the core of the Gospel is the only hope for humanity. Wherever you go, ask God for wisdom on how to get that Gospel in, even in the toughest situations of life.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Jesus, Easter, Life Changing

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• All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Love, Funny, Valentines Day

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• Comedy is the only hope for humanity.

  Roseanne Barr

  Easter, Humanity, Comedy

  "Q&A: Roseanne Barr, on marijuana, the CIA, and how she is, in fact, the president". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. April 25, 2013.

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• The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.

  Kenneth Scott Latourette

  Easter, Jesus, Crucifixion Of Christ

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• Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

  T. D. Jakes

  Christian, Easter, Sunday

  "Lessons On Forgiveness From T.D. Jakes". "Tell me more" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 5, 2012.

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• Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.

  Douglas Horton

  Easter, Veils, Eternity

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• Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.

  Charles Wesley

  Easter, Angel, Son

  Charles Wesley, Frederic M. BIRD (1867). “Charles Wesley seen in his finer and less familiar poems. [A collection of his poems edited by F. M. Bird.]”, p.64

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