Famous Quotes

"Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him."

Michelangelo on God

More quotes about God

• "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

  Abraham Lincoln on God

• "We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

  Mother Teresa on God

• "When the solution is simple, God is answering."

  Albert Einstein on God

• "While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation."

  Maya Angelou on God

• "Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God."

  Lawrence Welk on God

More quotes by Michelangelo

• "Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him."

• "The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone."

• "I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint."

• "The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself."

• "A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."