"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." - Bible, 2 Timothy 4:7

"God is no respecter of persons." - Bible, Acts 10:34

"It is more blessed to give than to receive." - Bible, Acts 20:35

"Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid...for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." - Bible, Deuteronomy

"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever." - Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:4

"Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body." - Bible, Ecclesiastes 12:12

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." - Bible, Ecclesiastes 9:10

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." - Bible, Ecclesiastes 9:11

"He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little." - Bible, Ecclesiasticus 19:1

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life." - Bible, Ecclesiasticus 6:16

"Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure." - Bible, Ecclesiasticus 9:10

"'For dust you are and to dust you will return.'" - Bible, Genesis 3:19

"'They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.'" - Bible, Hosea 8:7

"God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." - Bible, I John 4:16

"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver." - Bible, II Corinthians 9:7

"Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?" - Bible, Job 12:12

"Great men are not always wise." - Bible, Job 32:9

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." - Bible, John 15:13

"'From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded.'" - Bible, Luke 12:48

"Remember Lot's wife!" - Bible, Luke 17:32

"Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?" - Bible, Malachi 2:10

"'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'" - Bible, Mark 10:14

"A tree is recognised by its fruit." - Bible, Matthew 12:33

"O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" - Bible, Matthew 14:31

"'You of little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'" - Bible, Matthew 14:31

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." - Bible, Matthew 6:12

"Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." - Bible, Matthew 6:28-29

"But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." - Bible, Matthew 6:3

"A cheerful heart is good medicine." - Bible, Proverbs 17:22

"'It's no good, it's no good!' says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase." - Bible, Proverbs 20:14

"The borrower is servant to the lender." - Bible, Proverbs 22:7

"Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him." - Bible, Proverbs 26:12

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." - Bible, Proverbs 28:1

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." - Bible, Psalms 46:1

"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise." - Bible, Psalms 8:2

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." - Bible, Revelation 22:13

"I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death." - Bible, Revelation 6:8

"In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller.' And it has come to be more and more difficult to say whether we think it is a best seller because it is great, or vice versa." - Daniel J. Boorstin, The Image

"The Word of God is the universal and invisible Light, cognisable by the senses, that emits its blaze in the Sun, Moon, Planets, and other Stars." - Albert Pike

"Both read the Bible day and night,
But thou read'st black where I read white."
- WILLIAM BLAKE, The Everlasting Gospel

"In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller'. And it has come to be more and more difficult to say whether we think it is a best seller because it is great, or vice versa." - DANIEL J. BOORSTIN, The Image

". . . shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant could drown." - MATTHEW HENRY, Commentaries

"The English Bible - a book which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power." - THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, in The Edinburgh Review

"You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York." - WILLIAM LYON PHELPS, in New York Times

"The Bible is literature, not dogma." - GEORGE SANTAYANA, The Ethics of Spinoza

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." - SHAKESPEARE, The Merchant of Venice

"I read the book of Job last night -
I don't think God comes well out of it."
- VIRGINIA WOOLF, letter (1922)

"The bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision." - Lavner, Lynn