Quotes on the Bible
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis
“I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book."
George Washington
First President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.[
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."
Napoleon Bonaparte
French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815
"The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it."
Queen Victoria
Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 to 22 January 1901. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
“That book accounts for the supremacy of England."
Daniel Webster
Leading American senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War
"If there is anything in my thoughts or style to commend, the credit is due to my parents for instilling in me an early love of the Scriptures. If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."
John Ruskin
Leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist
Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily read me a part of the Bible and daily made me learn a part of it by heart."
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. Born in what is now the border between North and South Carolina, Jackson served in the militia during the American Revolutionary War
"That book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests."
Robert E. Lee
American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865
"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength."
Sir Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution
"There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history."
Sir William Herschel
Hanoverian-born British astronomer, technical expert, composer, and brother of Caroline Herschel
"All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths contained in the Sacred Scriptures."
Dwight Lyman Moody
American evangelist and publisher, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, the Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers
The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.”
Ronald Reagan
American actor and politician. He was the 40th President of the United States. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California
“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”
