Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out. — Bertran de Born
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. — S. D Gordon
The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake. — Basil Hume
To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. — Bernhard Langer
Let Him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us, be a crimson-cresseted east. — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born. — Alice Freeman Palmer
Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. — Marvin Olasky
'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees
Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. — Pope John Paul II
The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity. — Timothy Radcliffe
There are times when I feel that he has withdrawn from me, and I have often given him cause, but Easter is always the answer to My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me! — Madeleine L'Engle
To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred. — Antonin Scalia
Easter Season Quotes
But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. — Walter Raleigh
Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present. — N. T. Wright
We live and die; Christ died and lived! — John Stott
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter Day. — Phillips Brooks
Comedy is the only hope for humanity. — Roseanne Barr
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. — Janine di Giovanni
Immanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather we with Him, in resurrection, ascension, triumph, and Second Advent splendor. — Charles Spurgeon
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
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
How many there are ... who imagine that because Jesus paid it all, they need pay nothing, forgetting that the prime object of their salvation was that they should follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in bringing back a lost world to God. — Lottie Moon
Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. — Soren Kierkegaard
Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about. — N. T. Wright
Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us. — John Stott
Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character. — Todd Rundgren
Christ died. He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the soldiers, and His mother to John. But to His disciples, who had left all to follow Him, He left not silver or gold, but something far better-His PEACE! — Matthew Henry
Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world, right now, for each and every one of these groups? If we believed in the tooth fairy, if we believed in the Easter Bunny, we might well believe that. — William Weld
In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade. — Irving Berlin
A dead Christ I must do everything for; a living Christ does everything for me. — Andrew Murray
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah! — Martin Luther
Do not put all your eggs in one basket. — Warren Buffett
There's nothing better than a good, blind referee. — Bobby Heenan
Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men's sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ. — Watchman Nee
Let us consider this settled, that no one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection. — John Calvin
Earth's saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart! — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown. — George Bennard
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
On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites. — Barack Obama
I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. — Pinchas Lapide
And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present. — John Guare
To be sure, it was not Easter Sunday but Holy Saturday, but, the more I reflect on it, the more this seems to be fitting for the nature of our human life: we are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust. — Pope Benedict XVI
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday. — Fulton J. Sheen
Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project. — N. T. Wright
Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. — Douglas Horton
Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Happy Easter Quotes
I’m not great on the florals. I think you’ve got to wear what you’re happy in and that is fun but isn’t mutton dressed up as lamb. — Mary Berry
The message of Easter is not that Jesus is alive, it is so much more. The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen! — Colin S. Smith
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
In the cross of Christ God is taking man dead-seriously so that he may open up for him the happy freedom of Easter. God takes upon himself the pain of negation and the God forsakenness of judgement to reconcile himself with his enemies and to give the godless fellowship with himself. — Jürgen Moltmann
Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end. — John of Damascus
And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end. — John of Damascus
Think of everything you've ever experienced that was painful; that's the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that's the meaning of Easter. — Marianne Williamson
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven. — Rick Warren
The simple fact that the Christian fellowship, founded on belief in Jesus' resurrection, came into existence and flourished in the very city where he was executed and buried is powerful evidence for the historicity of the empty tomb. — William Lane Craig
It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. — Watchman Nee
Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand. — S. D Gordon
All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning. — Oswald Chambers
Anyone can be sentimental about the nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don’t believe in the resurrection, you’re not a believer." “If you don’t believe in Easter,” Owen Meany said. “Don’t kid yourself—Don’t call yourself a Christian. — John Irving
Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: 'He is risen, indeed!' — Charles R. Swindoll
You'll wake up on Easter morning, And you'll know that he was there, When you find those choc'late bunnies, That he's hiding ev'rywhere. — Gene Autry
Jesus Christ's claim of divinity is the most serious claim anyone ever made. Everything about Christianity hinges on His carnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. That's what Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter are all about. — Luis Palau
The best proof that Christ has risen is that he is still alive. And for the immense majority of our contemporaries, the only way of seeing him alive is for us Christians to love one another. — Louis Evely
Religious Easter Quotes
Spring bursts today,
For love is risen and all the earth's at play. — Christina Rossetti
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
He takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The resurrection asserts a truth which is by no means always written legibly for all men on the face of nature. It tells us that the spiritual is higher than the material; that in this universe spirit counts for more than matter. — Henry Parry Liddon
The resurrection proclamation could not have been maintained in Jerusalem for a single day, for a single hour, if the emptiness of the tomb had not been established as a fact. — Paul Althaus
What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? That what has never been, should be, or that what has been, should be again? Is it more difficult to come into being than to return to it. — Blaise Pascal
Easter Bunny Quotes
I'm a little hoarse tonight. I've been living in Chicago for the past two months, and you know how it is, yelling for help on the way home every night. Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines. — Fred Allen
I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different. — Dolly Parton
There is no such thing as too much snow. — Doug Coombs
The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America. — John Waters
The ladies usually go for the biggest damn fool they can find; that is why the human race stands where it does today: we have bred the clever and lasting Casanovas, all hollow inside, like the chocolate Easter bunnies we foster upon our poor children. — Charles Bukowski
What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary. — Lea DeLaria
As a general rule, fans and idols should always be kept at arm's length, the length of the arm to be proportionate to the degree of sheer idolatry involved. Don't take a Beatle to lunch. Don't wait up to see if the Easter Bunny is real. Just enjoy the egg hunt. — Shana Alexander
I use to believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Tom Cruise too. — Barbara Bretton
In Australia...they celebrate Easter the same...by telling our children a giant bunny rabbit...left chocolate eggs in the night — Bill Hicks
Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail. — Beatrix Potter
Easter Resurrection Quotes
God's plan makes you sing about resurrection when your hanging on a cross. — Rod Parsley
Our sin reached its full horror and found its most awful expression in the cross. — Colin S. Smith
The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong to it. — N. T. Wright
There would be no Christmas if there had not been Easter. The babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be but another baby without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the Resurrection. — Sayings
The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven, He led captivity captive! — Leon Morris
Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory, the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of God. — Frederick Buechner
The entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection. — Billy Graham
Apart from the resurrection of Jesus, the eschatological orientation of the church appears as the spoke of a wheel without a hub. — H. Richard Niebuhr
On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole of historical Christianity-the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. — William Henry Drummond
Hear the bells ringing they're singing "Christ is risen from the dead!" The angel up on the tombstone said, He is risen just as he said! — Keith Green
Kids Easter Quotes
I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. — Jane Elliott
They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed. — Bob Uecker
Thou art the Sun of other days.
They shine by giving back the rays. — John Keble
Kids in Washington every year have the big Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. The kids found 300 Easter eggs. They also found about 10,000 missing Hillary emails. — David Letterman
It would be so nice to have the luxury just to laze. So nice not to have to always get up and get dressed for some occasion. Always having to move from here to there, where everything is scheduled and even having lunch with my kids on their Easter break has to be slotted in. Maybe one day... — Benazir Bhutto
I just feel kind of out of place on Easter. I feel kind of useless because everybody else has kids and I don't and I'm just standing there with nothing to do. — Holly Madison
How is it possible that our parents lied to us?" "Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. You're the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that..." "Everythings going to be alright. — Brian K. Vaughan
The marvel of heaven and earth, of time and eternity, is the atoning death of Jesus Christ. This is the mystery that brings more glory to God than all creation. — Charles Spurgeon
Each and all of us must summon to mind the words of Him whom we honor this Easter time: 'When a strong man, armed, keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace'. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
So with Easter. It was fun, as a child, to bound down the stairs to find seasonal sweet-treats under each plate, but again, with the passing of time, and the shadow of death over our broken family circle, I've seen Easter as highest necessity. If hope is to flourish, it had better be true. — Gerhard E Frost
God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress. — Robert South
I know of no place where the wind can be as icy and the damp so penetrating as in Oxford round about Easter time. — Vera Brittain
Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week--a miracle, people say, as if they've been educated from greeting cards. — Leif Enger
The years came and went, the children came and left. The worst of getting old is not tiredness and aches and pains, but that time rushes on so quickly, that in the end it doesn't seem to exist. It's Christmas and then it's Easter. It's a clear winter's day and then a hot summer's day. In between it's a vacuum. — Marianne Fredriksson
You can't go east and west at the same time. — Jean Charest
At its very core the story of Easter has nothing to do with angelic announcements or empty tombs. It has nothing to do with time periods, whether three days, forty days, or fifty days. It has nothing to do with resuscitated bodies that appear and disappear or that finally exit this world in a heavenly ascension. — John Shelby Spong
New Rule: Someone must x-ray my stomach to see if the Peeps I ate on Easter are still in there, intact and completely undigested. And I'm not talking about this past Easter. I'm talking about the last time I celebrated Easter, in 1962. — Bill Maher
Easter time reminds us that we have every right to believe that this hope is based on time-tested truths and a solid foundation. — Sarah Palin
What happened on that day (of Easter) became, was and remained the centre around which everything else moves. For everything lasts its time, but the love of God - which was at work and was expressed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead - lasts forever. Because this event took place, there is no reason to despair, and even when we read the newspaper with all its confusing and frightening news, there is every reason to hope. — Karl Barth
I like Easter. But let's remember that Christ's resurrection is not truer at Easter than at any other time of the year. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Every day of our lives and in every season of the year (not just at Easter time), Jesus asks each of us, as he did following his triumphant entry into Jerusalem those many years ago, ‘What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?’ (Matt. 22:42.) We declare that he is the Son of God, and the reality of that fact should stir our souls more frequently. I pray that it will, this Easter season and always. — Howard W. Hunter
Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York. — Roddy McDowall
Why won't they let a year die without bringing in a new one on the instant, can't they use birth control on time? I want an interregnum. The stupid years patter on with unrelenting feet, never stopping - rising to little monotonous peaks in our imaginations at festivals like New Year's and Easter and Christmas - But, goodness, why need they do it? — John Dos Passos
There is a fragrance in the air, a certain passage of a song, an old photograph falling out from the pages of a book, the sound of somebody's voice in the hall that makes your heart leap and fills your eyes with tears. Who can say when or how it will be that something easters up out of the dimness to remind us of a time before we were born and after we will die? — Frederick Buechner
You're so far off base this time you can't even see the base! — Eileen Wilks
I figure if Doc is right about the time I have left,I should wrap up my adolescence in the next few days, get into my early productive stages about the third week of school, go through my midlife crisis during Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, redouble my efforts at productivity and think about my legacy, say, Easter, and start cashing in my 401(k)s a couple weeks before Memorial Day. — Chris Crutcher
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