These Easter quotes will inspire you. Easter, also called Pascha is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.
Below you will find a collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging Easter quotes, Easter sayings, and Easter proverbs.
Best Easter Quotes
- “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
- “The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still, before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.” ~ Henry Knox Sherrill
- “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” ~ Martin Luther
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“We live and die; Christ died and lived!” ~ John Stott
- “A man who was completely innocent offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.” ~ Dwight L. Moody
- “Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.” ~ Douglas Horton
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“For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all newborn.” ~ Alice Freeman Palmer
- “Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.”” ~ Phillips Brooks
- “To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” ~ Bernhard Langer
- “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
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“Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
- “Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart!” ~ Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
- “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
- “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” ~ Pope John Paul II
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“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
- “Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” ~ S. D Gordon
- “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
- “Death is strong, but Life is stronger.” ~ Phillips Brooks
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“It is the hour to rend thy chains, The blossom time of souls.” ~ Katharine Lee Bates
- “Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.” ~ Janine di Giovanni
- “He takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.” ~ Walter Raleigh
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“Christ is risen from the dead!” ~ Keith Green
- “Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well-adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make us like himself before he takes us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.” ~ Rick Warren
- “Comedy is the only hope for humanity.” ~ Roseanne Barr
- “If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel.” ~ Hans Urs von Balthasar
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“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.” ~ Deepak Chopra
- “The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus – His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.” ~ Kenneth Scott Latourette
- “Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.” ~ T. D. Jakes
- “The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.” ~ Joseph Addison
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“Thou art the Sun of other days. They shine by giving back the rays.” ~ John Keble
- “‘Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees
Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - “Celestial spirit that doth roll; The heart’s sepulchral stone away, Be this our resurrection day, The singing Easter of the soul – O gentle Master of the Wise, Teach us to say: “I will arise.”” ~ Richard Le Gallienne
- “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
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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” ~ Charles M. Schulz
- “Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.” ~ N. T. Wright
- “I lied on my Weight Watchers list. I put down that I had 3 eggs… but they were Cadbury chocolate eggs.” ~ Caroline Rhea
- “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 , Religious Easter quotes
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“Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out.” ~ Bertran de Born
- “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
- “See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices.” ~ Charles Kingsley
