Quotes About Matthew

#1. I give you life in the memory of one who no longer lives. May you have a long life, and may you thank Matthew every day for it.

Moises Kaufman

#2. Learn to pray. Pray often. Pray in your mind, in your heart. Pray on your knees. Prayer is your personal key to heaven. The lock is on your side of the veil. And I have learned to conclude all my prayers with 'Thy will be done' (Matthew 6:10; see also Luke 11:2; 3 Nephi 13:10).

Boyd K. Packer

#3. It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey [in the True Detective].They're fun guys [with Woody Harrelson]. They don't take life at all too seriously, but yet they take their work very seriously. And both of them are just so committed to character and the story.

Michelle Monaghan

#4. And for the first time since I woke in the alley--I don't want to die. I want to live. I want to see Miya again, and Matthew and Ashlee and Sammy and Kai. I want to live long enough to see my mom and dad again, and my sister, Lily.

Dannielle Wicks

#5. So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. JESUS, MATTHEW 7 : 12

Francine Rivers

#6. Why didn't the others help you?" Daisy asked angrily, scrubbing the sleeve of her gown over her dripping face.
"They were busy saving their own skins. Although," Matthew added ruefully, "I would have thought I merited a little more importance than the horses.

Lisa Kleypas

#7. This is the unavoidable conclusion of Matthew 10. To everyone wanting a safe, untroubled, comfortable life free from danger, stay away from Jesus. The danger in our lives will always increase in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

David Platt

#8. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33

Tony Dungy

#9. In Matthew, chapter 6, verse 21, the scriptures teach us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. My friends, any man who aspires to be our president should keep both his treasure and his heart in the United States of America.

Ted Strickland

#10. When Jesus came near, he spoke to them. He said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Matthew 28:18

Dianne Neal Matthews

#11. Come on in," Elaine said. "She's already here. Pam, this is Mr. Scudder, Matthew Scudder. Matt, I'd like you to meet Pam.

Lawrence Block

#12. As they passed, Duke nodded, and John Matthew, as he was called, did the same - and that was the extent of it. No one had ever heard the SOB say a word, but by the same token, anyone built like that didn't have to talk.

J.R. Ward

#13. Children can tell you what Channel 7 says, but not what Matthew 7 says.

Leonard Ravenhill

#14. Matthew held out his hands. "Pax," he said, wheedlingly. "Let it be peace between us. You can pour the rest of the port on my head."
James' mouth curved up into a smile. It was impossible to stay angry with Matthew. It was almost impossible to get angry at Matthew.

Cassandra Clare

#15. When you watch Tiger Woods, you're in awe of what he can do with a seven-iron. Watching Matthew Stafford from up here, he's head and shoulders above most college quarterbacks.

Gary Danielson

#16. I do not know what to say, how to tempt you. If you had a price, I would pay it. If you desired particular words, I would say them. I would be anything you want, Jane. Just come back. Please come back.
- Matthew in a letter to Jane.

Charlotte Featherstone

#17. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
The bed be blest that I lie on.
Four angels to my bed.
Four angels round my head.
One to watch and one to pray,
And two to bear my soul away.

Don Reid

#18. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

Lisa C. Temple

#19. It is, I know, for I have experienced it perhaps twice in my life, an awful privilege to be too much loved and perhaps the kindest thing I ever did in my life was never to let Matthew know to what degree he had destroyed my peace and my happiness.

Stephen Fry

#20. Hope is like the Sun. When it's behind the clouds, it's not gone. You just have to find it!
- Matthew, Age 11, Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, March 21

R.J. Palacio

#21. Slipping in the side door to the VIP section , she scanned the crowd , well aware that she was looking for one male in particular.
And he was there.
Fucking John Matthew.

J.R. Ward

#22. They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. - Matthew 2:11

Gary Chapman

#23. Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 25:34

Beth Moore

#24. God says it is our duty as Christians to take care of widows and orphans and to help the poor within the Christian society ... And Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" Matthew 25:40 KJV].

Billy Graham

#25. Whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19

Beth Moore

#26. Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you
[Matthew 7:1-2]

Anonymous

#27. You want to kiss me now,Matthew. I can see it in the look in your eyes."
"I want to do considerably more than kiss you." He grinned wickedly. "And that too you should see in my eyes.

Victoria Alexander

#28. Persecuting Christians because of Jesus Christ is like a man who goes after the children of his enemy because he is indeed afraid of his enemy. Matthew 24:9

Felix Wantang

#29. Take care, Gallowglass," Matthew murmured. It was no casual farewell, but an order. His nephew nodded. "As if your wife were my own.

Deborah Harkness

#30. He fell facedown and prayed, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will." Matthew 26:39

Beth Moore

#31. I'd appreciate a phone call before you try to break into my office again-Matthew Carter

Natasha Larry

#32. I know you think you're a punk," Declan said. "But you aren't nearly as bad ass as you think you are."
"Oh, go to hell," Ronan snapped, just as the alter boys broached the rear doors.
"Guys," Matthew pleaded. "Be holy.

Maggie Stiefvater

#33. Application does not guarantee citizenship; it is granted by the government. In Heaven, citizenship is granted only by Jesus Christ the ultimate judge. Matthew 7:15-23

Felix Wantang

#34. The two chapters of Matthew's Gospel devoted to the infancy narratives are not a meditation presented under the guise of stories, but the converse: Matthew is recounting real history, theologically thought through and interpreted, and thus he helps us to understand the mystery of Jesus more deeply.

Pope Benedict XVI

#35. The Son of God told his disciples to baptize "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). "Name," note, not "names": the three persons together constitute the one God.

J.I. Packer

#36. I watched in silence as the parts of Matthew I knew and loved - the poet and the scientist, the warrior and the spy, the Renaissance prince and the father - fell away until only the darkest, most forbidding part of him remained. He was only the assassin now. But he was still the man I loved.

Deborah Harkness

#37. I read through the book of Matthew this evening. I was up all night. I couldn't stop reading so I read through Mark. This Jesus of yours is either a madman or the Son of God. Somewhere in the middle of Mark I realized He was the Son of God.

Donald Miller

#38. I prefer rock music - my favorites are R.E.M. and Matthew Sweet - but I think that if Dr. Buckley played Matthew Sweet, some of her patients would not like it. Matthew Sweet has a song called "Sick of Myself," and I am pretty sure that is exactly the wrong song name for a therapist's waiting room.

Craig Lancaster

#39. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things. Matthew 12:35.

Ellen G. White

#40. On the outside, the three Lynch brothers appeared remarkably dissimilar: Declan, a butter-smooth politician; Ronan, a bull in a china-shop world; Matthew, a sunlit child. On the inside, the Lynch brothers were remarkably similar: They all loved cars, themselves, and each other.

Maggie Stiefvater

#41. The wrinkled pages of the Bible crackled as Mom leafed back to the beginning of Matthew. I had always felt I was conceived from the powers of the universe. Maybe I was chosen to fulfill a divine mission.

Diamond Mike Watson

#42. The search for inventive ways of telling the tale of Christ's birth has been going on a long time; in a way, difference was there from the start with Luke and Matthew.

Giles Foden

#43. I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds heretical, my source is pretty good: Matthew, Five to Seven, The Sermon on the Mount.

Frank Sinatra

#44. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. MATTHEW 6:15

Stormie O'martian

#45. The rain still drummed on the roof, like fine needles striking the shingles. The family sat silently around the table, each one wrapped in their own thoughts.
It was Matthew's voice that broke the silence, asking, "And what happened after that?"
"After that," said Paul, "came Gettysburg.

Elisabeth Grace Foley

#46. Me?" Penny's voice, surprised. "Well, I'm Penny Ngwenya, Matthew's butt-kicking, life-saving, totally awesome apprentice. Um. Hi.

Kate Griffin

#47. Usually when I see Matthew [McConaughey] at a show, he'll be down in front with his shirt off with two beers just going mental, lit up and having an amazing time.

Ian Astbury

#48. Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were unbelievable to work with in 'How to Succeed.'

Victoria Clark

#49. I filmed an interstitial with Allisyn Ashley Arm and Matthew Scott Montgomery one day. And we made up this weird thing 'cause we had to lay in the grass for, like, ten hours, and it was really itchy. So we call ourselves The Grass Gang.

Tiffany Thornton

#50. You'll just pamper Anne's vanity, Matthew, and she's as vain as a peacock now.

L.M. Montgomery

#51. The first and second commandments are the only therapy the world has ever needed. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind ... Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" [Matthew 22:37, 39 KJV].

Billy Graham

#52. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" - MATTHEW 14:29

Sarah Young

#53. Robin and Matthew had just two months to go before the wedding. There was still time.

Robert Galbraith

#54. Jesus said, "You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?" Matthew 16:8

Beth Moore

#55. Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot, and turn to attack you (Matthew 7:6).

Stephen Lampe

#56. Radcliffe is the first important English novelist to use poetic epigraphs, interpolated poems, and poetic fragments decoratively, as it were, for their suggestive or mood-enhancing effects. (Matthew

Ann Radcliffe

#57. She hugged him and said, "Flowers and ravens," because she wanted him to know she remembered.
Then she hugged Matthew and said, "My love," because he was her favorite.
She said nothing at all to Declan, because he wasn't there.

Maggie Stiefvater

#58. Only a few pages into "The Technologists" and Matthew Pearl already has written a gem about Boston:
"Then would come the view of the stretches of docks and piers ... then beyond that the State House's gold dome capping the horizon - the glittering cranium of the world's smartest city.

Matthew Pearl

#59. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many. - Matthew 20:28

Gary Chapman

#60. If Satan really wanted to face Jesus Christ in a battle, he will be facilitating the End of the Age by helping to spread the gospel to the whole world. This must be fulfilled for the End to come. Matthew 24:14

Felix Wantang

#61. One-third of Matthew ... one-third of Mark ... one-fourth of Luke, and one-half of John are given to [Christ's] death ... Jesus came for the express purpose of dying for sinners. When He left heaven, He knew He was going to the cross.

Billy Graham

#62. I was really good friends with Matthew Ashman, the guitarist in Bow Wow Wow. He died, unfortunately. He was one of my best friends during my sort of punk period.

Boy George

#63. These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.

Mel Brooks

#64. With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26").

Michele Woolley

#65. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest. JESUS, MATTHEW 11 : 29

Francine Rivers

#66. Well now, I'd rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,' said Matthew patting her hand. 'Just mind you that - rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl - my girl - my girl that I'm proud of.

L.M. Montgomery

#67. God made salvation the most precious gift for humanity which is why only a few are chosen for God's Paradise in heaven. Matthew 22:11-14

Felix Wantang

#68. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. MATTHEW 5:16

Anne Graham Lotz

#69. You may often see Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it. (Cf. Matthew 10:34)

Oswald Chambers

#70. Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible." - Matthew 19:26

Gary Chapman

#71. Salvation is not about proving the existence of God; Salvation is about where you want to go from this sinful wicked world. Matthew 24

Felix Wantang

#72. I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Robert Gottlieb

#73. When you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, Matthew 6:33, there becomes no need to seek yet another kingdom.

Paul Halbeck

#74. Satan doesn't want the gospel to be preached in the whole world because he is afraid of what comes after that - the End of the Age. Matthew 24:14

Felix Wantang

#75. In The Earthwise Herbal, Matthew Wood has revived the richness, depth, and dignity of the herbal medicine of the old masters, while at the same time endowing it with a new cosmopolitan, cross-cultural flavor that lifts it to a genuinely planetary level.

Rudolph Ballentine

#76. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? - Matthew 5:46 kjv

Gary Chapman

#77. Malachi Smith. Crispin Jones. Suzette Boudrot. Claude Le Breton." Matthew paused as Ransome searched the ledger's entries for the names. "You should have kept them in chronological order instead of alphabetical. That's how I remember them." Ransome

Deborah Harkness

#78. At first it was the complete antithesis of the kiss she'd shared with Matthew. That one had been crazy, emotional. Uncontrolled. This was a gentle mating of lips. Soft, sweet, and easy. He didn't press for her to grant him access, but she gave it, opening for him with a low moan.

Cari Quinn

#79. The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel.

Hal Lindsey

#80. Be yourself
Matthew Clairmont. Complete with your sharp vampire teeth and your scary mother, your test tubes full of blood and your DNA, your infuriating bossiness and your maddening sense of smell.

Deborah Harkness

#81. It's only natural," said Phyllis. "Lord Grantham certainly wasn't very excited about Matthew's newfangled ideas for the estate.

Leslie Meier

#82. We should honor the Savior's declaration to "be of good cheer." (Matthew 14:27) Indeed, it seems to me we may be more guilty of breaking that commandment than almost any other!

Jeffrey R. Holland

#83. Walking with Daisy from the dining hall, Matthew murmured, "Will I have to scale the outside wall tonight, or are you going to leave your door unlocked?"
"The door," Daisy replied succinctly.
"Thank God.

Lisa Kleypas

#84. Warning which needs to be repeated is that "the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches," and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us (Matthew 13:22).

Oswald Chambers

#85. the term "Land of Israel" was a later Christian and rabbinical invention that was theological, and by no means political in nature. Indeed, we can cautiously posit that the name first appeared in the New Testament in the Gospel of Matthew.

Shlomo Sand

#86. I could still feel the chain that anchored me to Matthew, witch to vampire.

Deborah Harkness

#87. What would Christ need have done to make me follow him like Matthew or Peter? Dress well, to begin with. And have a luxurious head of pampered yellow hair

Anne Rice

#88. Matthew 10:36," he'd said. "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. Never forget that, Agent Lacoste.

Louise Penny

#89. God did not force Salvation on humanity; He made it a gift dependent on the free will of the recipient because He is not interested in numbers. Mega Churches are numbers. Matthew 7:13-14.

Felix Wantang

#90. The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I am told they were) is that he had no sense of touch whatsoever. Nothing made any impression on his skin. He could feel neither the shape nor the texture of a poem with his hands.

Edith Sitwell

#91. They called Matthew March "autistic" as a child. What no one had known was that he was not closed into a world of his own, he was far, far too open to the real one.

Mercedes Lackey

#92. Hearing her tell Wardle about the disposable wedding cameras she had ordered had brought home to Strike how soon she would become Mrs. Matthew Cunliffe. There's still time, he thought. For what, he did not specify, even to himself.

Robert Galbraith

#93. The question of why you're here-how we're all here- really does consume you," I said slowly ...
Matthew studied his wine. "It's the only question worth asking.

Deborah Harkness

#94. Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means 'rock'), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it." Matthew 16:18

Priscilla Doremus

#95. Matthew would not like this, she had said. He would have liked it even less had he know how much Strike had liked it.

Robert Galbraith

#96. The Greek meaning of the word "blessed" is "supreme happiness." [see Matthew 5:3-5]

Eric Ludy

#97. Matthew and I used to read Dickens together. Oh my god, it was so great. We would sit in the bathtub and pass the book back and forth reading passages out loud.

Sarah Jessica Parker

#98. Women liked Strike - she had come to realize that over the months they had worked together. She had not understood the appeal when she had started working for him. He was so very different from Matthew.

Robert Galbraith

#99. It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5)

Rob Bell

#100. I am the keeper of the library, Matthew. Without it I am nothing. Were it to be destroyed again, it would destroy me as well.

Neil Gaiman