Quotes from A Voice in the Wind

Francine Rivers ·  520 pages

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“We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Have faith have faith. When you have nothing else have faith.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Can you see air you breathe? Can you see the force that moves the tides or changes the seasons or sends the birds to a winter haven?" Her eyes welled. "Can Rome with all its knowledge be so foolish? Oh Marcus, you can't carve God in stone. You can't limit him to a temple. You can't imprison him on a mountaintop. Heaven is his throne; earth, his footstool. Everything you see is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind



“Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Calamity is a blessing when it brings one to God.
--- Hadassah”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind



“Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried on deviant behavior in private, but pridefully displayed it in public. It was those with moral values who could no longer freely walk in a public park without having to witness a revolting display.
What happened to the public censors who protected the majority of citizenry from moral decadence? Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency? Did freedom mean anyone could do anything they wanted anytime they wanted, without consequences?”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Julia looked back at Hadassah on the bloodstained sand. A great emptiness opened within her as she looked at the still form. Gone, too, was the salt that had kept her from completely corruption.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Rather than remain a sealed jar, she sought only to pour herself out to others. Everything she did mirrored her faith. It was as though every waking hour of the day she was devoted to pleasing her God by serving others. This God that she worshiped consumed her. It didn't ask for a brief visit to a temple, or a small votive offering of food or coin, or a few prayers every now and then. This God wanted all of her.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“I gave up what I can't keep, for something I can never lose.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“إن لم يكُن لدينا ما يستحقُّ أن نموتَ من أجله، يا أتريتِس، فليس لَدَينا ما يستحقُّ أن نعيشَ لأجله”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind



“لقد تخليت عما لا يمكنني أن أحتفظ به، في سبيل ما لا أقدر أن أخسره.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“A beautiful face can mask great evil...”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“But I know Jesus arose. I feel his presence now, here, with me. I see the evidence of his Word everyday. From creation forth, the whole world is witness to God's plan revealed through his Son. From the beginning, he prepared us. In the passing of the seasons; in the way flowers spring forth, die, and drop seeds for life to begin again; in the sunset and sunrise. Jesus' sacrifice is reenacted every day of our lives if we but have the eyes to see.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“How can we be witnesses of the one true God if we hold the truth as our own possession? God meant his truth for the world.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“We're each single threads woven together in a tapestry God has created. Only he sees the full picture, but not even a sparrow falls without his knowing.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind



“How can intemperate minds be free when they're slaves to their own passions?”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency?”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“He knew that beauty faded quickly when embodied by selfishness,”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“God will give you courage when you need it.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind



“But so often, things of great beauty are full of great corruption.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“ليس في وسع البشر أن يتجنَّبوا المصير، حتى لو رأوه سَلَفاً”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


“علينا أن نغتنم كل فرصة للتكلُّم بالحق والمُناداة بالسلام، ولا سيما الآن. بقى وقت قصيرٌ جداً لكثيرين جداً”
― Francine Rivers, quote from A Voice in the Wind


About the author

Francine Rivers
Born place: in The United States
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