Shepherds Quotes

• A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Doe, Way

  27 Copy quote

• You have a God who hears you, the power of love behind you, the Holy Spirit within you, and all of heaven ahead of you. If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner and an anchor for every storm. You have everything you need.

  Max Lucado

  Love Is, Anchors, Heaven

  Max Lucado (2009). “Traveling Light: Premier Library Edition”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

  288 Copy quote

  Show source

• Compassion is a Shepherd, Always tending his herd.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Compassion, Herds

  5 Copy quote

• Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

  Rumi

  House, Soul, Lamps

  162 Copy quote

• Shepherds know many mysterious languages; they speak the language of sheep and dogs, language of stars and skies, flowers and herbs.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Dog, Stars, Flower

  9 Copy quote

• The Lord IS my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be. . . is my shepherd on Sunday, is on Monday, and is through every day of the week; is in January, is in December, and every month of the year, is at home, and is in China; is in peace, and is in war; in abundance, and in penury.

  Hudson Taylor

  Monday, War, Home

  38 Copy quote

• What to change your life? Begin by saying, "The Lord is my shepherd."

  Max Lucado

  Change, Changing Your Life, Lord

  6 Copy quote

• It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge.

  Paulo Coelho

  Kings, World, Firsts

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Stupid, Sheep, Want

  11 Copy quote

• If sheep do not have the constant care of a shepherd, they will go the wrong way, unaware of the dangers at hand. They have been known to nibble themselves right off the side of a mountain..... And so, because sheep are sheep, they need shepherds to care for them. The welfare of sheep depends solely upon the care they get from their shepherd. Therefore, the better the shepherd, the healthier the sheep.

  Kay Arthur

  Sheep, Hands, Mountain

  17 Copy quote

• A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sheep, Church, Goats

  693 Copy quote

• The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

  Stendhal

  Leadership, Peace, Motivation

  54 Copy quote

• What can I give Him,
  Poor as I am?
  If I were a shepherd
  I would bring a lamb.
  If I were a Wise Man
  I would do my part.
  Yet what can I give Him?
  I give Him my heart.

  Christina Rossetti

  Christmas, Wise, Heart

  Christina Rossetti, Simon Humphries (2008). “Poems and Prose”, p.211, Oxford University Press

  50 Copy quote

  Show source

• If the Lord is your shepherd, He is sufficient for all your needs.

  Tony Evans

  Christian, Needs, Lord

  Tony Evans (2008). “Our God is Awesome: Encountering the Greatness of Our God”, p.75, Moody Publishers

  43 Copy quote

  Show source

• God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

  John Ortberg

  Strong, Character, People

  4 Copy quote

• Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Lying, Doe, Needs

  26 Copy quote

• When the song of the angels is stilled,
  When the star in the sky is gone,
  When the kings and princes are home,
  When the shepherds are back with their flock,
  The work of Christmas begins:
  ...To find the lost,
  To heal the broken,
  To feed the hungry,
  To release the prisoner,
  To rebuild the nations,
  To bring peace among brothers,
  To make music in the heart.

  Howard Thurman

  Christmas, Song, Brother

  Howard Thurman (2006). “Howard Thurman: Essential Writings”

  256 Copy quote

  Show source

• Trust the Lord. He is the good shepherd. He knows His sheep. And His sheep know His voice.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Sheep, Voice, Lord

  10 Copy quote

• God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for coins, a father waiting for his son.

  Clarence Jordan

  God, Christian, Father

  Clarence Jordan (2005). “The Substance of Faith: and Other Cotton Patch Sermons”, p.170, Wipf and Stock Publishers

  67 Copy quote

  Show source

• Fundamentally, our Lord's message was Himself. He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come merely to give bread; He said, "I am the bread." He did not come merely to shed light; He said, "I am the light." He did not come merely to show the door; He said, "I am the door." He did not come merely to name a shepherd; He said, "I am the shepherd." He did not come merely to point the way; He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life."

  J. Sidlow Baxter

  Life, God, Faith

  "Baxter's Explore the Book". Book by J. Sidlow Baxter, p. 308, 1986.

  94 Copy quote

  Show source

• It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands us perfectly.

  W. Phillip Keller

  Christ, Lifetime, Good Shepherd

  23 Copy quote

• This is precisely the reason for the dissatisfaction of some, who end up sad - sad priests - in some sense becoming collectors of antiques or novelties, instead of being shepherds living with 'the odor of the sheep.' This I ask you: Be shepherds, with the 'odor of the sheep,' make it real, as shepherds among your flock, fishers of men.

  Pope Francis

  Real, Men, Sheep

  Pope Francis (2016). “Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests”, p.12, BookBaby

  33 Copy quote

  Show source

• The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.

  Joseph Addison

  Eye, Preparation, Want

  Joseph Addison (1867). “The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Ay Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works”, p.394

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Business, Hands, Tyrants

  35 Copy quote

• Men rush towards complexity, but they yearn towards simplicity. They try to be kings; but they dream of being shepherds.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Dream, Kings, Men

  7 Copy quote