29 Quotes by John M. Perkins

You don’t give people dignity. You affirm it.

Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.

The poor need the motivation, the incentives, the skills, the education so they can help themselves.

I hear people arguing about everything from church pews to worship songs to old cultural traditions but we need to start getting beyond this stuff.

Yielding to God’s will can be hard. And sometimes, it really hurts. But it always brings peace.

At eighty-six years old, people tell you how much wisdom you have. I don’t know about all of that, but I do know that God has done much in me and through me, and He’s still working on me.

But why is it then that some Christians get all hot under the collar when an organization like ours gets out and helps the whole community? I see economic education as a total responsibility to all people. And that responsibility is not lessened if some of those helped do not respond to our preaching of the gospel.

Injustice is an evil in society that must be fought.

God has always wanted the vulnerable in society to be cared for. He never intended for them to languish in poverty, abuse, slavery, homelessness, or other types of devastation. When we care for individuals who are trapped in these ways, when we show them love and help them move toward freedom and wholeness, we participate in bringing a little part of God’s Kingdom back into alignment with His greater plan. We do justice and God smiles.