Anita Diament Quotes

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

we admonish that men keep Sunday's festival with all their might, and observe it from Saturday's noon to Monday's dawning; and no man be so bold that he either go to market or seek any court on that holy day

I always start my New Year at church with my family. I see it as a fresh beginning - like a new chance we get to renew our lives, perhaps? Starting it by praying gives me a lot of hope for the future.

Sunday, I go to church; I take the day off. I rest.

I've always said prayers.

We go to church every year on Christmas morning.

Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.

My wife and I love children. We have five of our own. I would ask that anyone who looks up to me would instead look up to God. I am nothing without Him. Everything I do in life and in baseball is to glorify Him.

I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from the time I was a child to even now with my family helping with my little boy. It's worth more than words could ever describe. That's one of the ways I've been able to stay grounded is thanks to family and God.

My kids are so cute when they pray.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.

Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.

At the core of my dad is, he has a very strong faith. He believes very firmly in loving God.

I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.

I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table.

I played a million different sports when I was growing up. I started when I was probably five or six, and we'd just go from activity to activity to activity. I think, finally, my parents just realized that we were missing something in our lives. They realized that it was time for us as a family to start going to church.

I'll do a little prayer here and there if I feel the need to.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.