64 Easter Quotes

Find inspiring Easter quotes celebrating faith, hope, renewal, and Christ’s resurrection.

Easter brings the promise of new life, a reminder that hope never fades.

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Updated February 17, 2025, by Catherine Pulsifer


Easter is a time of renewal, a season of hope, and a reminder of God’s greatest gift—His Son, Jesus Christ. As we reflect on the resurrection, we find encouragement in knowing that through Christ, we are given new life and everlasting love.

These Easter quotes capture the meaning and joy of this sacred time. Let them fill your heart with gratitude, strengthen your faith, and remind you of the true miracle of Easter—the promise of salvation and the victory over death. Whether you seek words of inspiration, wisdom, or faith, may these quotes bring light to your Easter celebration.



  1. April brings Easter, with bunnies and eggs, celebrating new life, with joy that begs.   Catherine Pulsifer, A Holiday Awaits



  2. On Easter morn, we gather, Christian souls rejoice,
    To celebrate the sacrifice that gave us life and voice.
      Catherine Pulsifer, Jesus Conquered Death



  3. To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.   Bernhard Langer



  4. After Your Son lay three days in a dark hole, you turned the darkest Friday into the brightest Sunday.   Max Lucado



  5. If Easter had not happened, if the resurrection had not happened we would have no hope.   Catherine Pulsifer



  6. Christ is not alive now because he rose from the dead two thousand years ago. He rose from the dead two thousand years ago because he is alive right now.   Christian Wiman



  7. Christians! think on Him who died; think of your Lord, the Crucified, on Christmas Day in the morning.   Dora Greenwell, A Christmas Carol



  8. The miracle of Easter rings loud, bringing joy to all revering   Catherine Pulsifer, Easter Miracle



  9. Easter holds profound significance for Christians worldwide, marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, as described in the New Testament of the Bible.
    Easter Poems



  10. The world itself keeps Easter Day...the Lord of all things lives anew, and all His works are living too.   John Mason Neale, The World Itself Keeps Easter Day



  11. Thanks be to God for Easter Day, to Jesus, too, who led the way to grace and peace!   C. D. Bradlee, All Hail to Easter Day



  12. And on this Easter day, your joyous hearts upraise; for Jesus is the Way; give Him your sweetest praise.   Maria J Dodge, Easter



  13. There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.   Gordon B. Hinckley



  14. Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: ‘He is risen, indeed!’   Charles Swindoll



  15. Faith and hope triumphant say, "Christ will rise on Easter Day!"   Phillips Brooks, Easter Morning



  16. Easter is always the answer to “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!”   Madeleine L’Engle



  17. In the radiant brilliance of Easter morn, the cross reminds us, hope is reborn.   Catherine Pulsifer, The Cross Reminds Us



  18. If Easter be not true. then faith must mount on broken wing; then hope no more immortal spring   Henry H. Barstow, If Easter Be Not True



  19. Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart.
    Eastertide Poem



  20. Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart.   Author Unknown



  21. Easter is considered the most important event in the Christian faith, as it symbolizes victory over sin and death, offering hope of eternal life to believers.



  22. Fill your heart with gladness, rejoice in the love of God as He loved you so much he gave His one and only Son so that our sins would be forgiven.   Catherine Pulsifer



  23. Live in the awareness that Christ lives and that He lives in His people.   Julien B. Weil



  24. April breeze is in the air, a time for joy, a time to share. Easter bells begin to ring, signifying Christ, our King. Catherine Pulsifer
    Easter Bells



  25. The events of that fateful day, people witnessed in dismay, as Jesus up on the cross did die...But a few days later gladdening news was told, Jesus had risen unscathed and bold   Catherine Pulsifer, Giving Us Hope



  26. Because of the empty tomb, we have peace. Because of His resurrection, we can have peace during even the most troubling of times because we know He is in control of all that happens in the world.   Paul Chappell



  27. Easter can be the highlight of the year. Better than Christmas. Bigger than a birthday. And about so much more than just chocolate.   Ed Drew



  28. Does God really love us? I say look to the crucified Jesus. Look to the old rugged cross. By every thorn that punctured His brow. By every mark of the back-lacerating scourge. By every hair of his beard plucked from his cheeks by cruel fingers. By every bruise which heavy fists made upon His head, God said, I love you!   Billy Lobbs



  29. Life doesn’t always go our way. But one thing we know and can stand upon. Jesus has burst open the gates of LIFE. So we look ahead with great joy. The Story of God is one of hope, promise and life eternal.   Anusha Atukorala



  30. Easter is the ultimate triumph of light over darkness, hope over despair, and life over death. It is a day that reminds us of God's unwavering love and the promise of eternal salvation.   Max Lucado



  31. We are adopted into God's family through the resurrection of Christ from the dead in which he paid all our obligations to sin, the law, and the devil, in whose family we once lived. Our old status lies in his tomb. A new status is ours through his resurrection.   Sinclair B. Ferguson



  32. live in the awareness that Christ lives and that He lives in
    Poems About Jesus Resurrection



  33. We live and die; Christ died and lived!   John Stott



  34. The tomb of Christ is famous because of what IT DOES NOT CONTAIN.   Sam Morris



  35. Easter reminds us that God's will triumphs over darkness and brings new beginnings. Just as Jesus rose from the grave, His will for us is to rise above challenges and embrace His grace.   Author Unknown



  36. Easter’s a sign, so divine, for it tells us of Jesus’s love divine.   Catherine Pulsifer, So Divine



  37. For I remember it is Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all newborn.   Alice Freeman Palmer



  38. God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, "I love you."   Billy Graham



  39. Easter is perhaps the most important day in the ministry of Jesus. While His birth and the ministry of miracles are amazing, the day Jesus rose is the base of the Christian faith. Easter, is truly a time of celebration!   Catherine Pulsifer



  40. Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.
    Legend of the Dogwood Tree Poem



  41. Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.   N.T. Wright



  42. Easter reminds us that hope never dies, for it was through Jesus' resurrection that He brought us new life.   Catherine Pulsifer



  43. Easter teaches us that God's will is a path of sacrifice and resurrection.   Author Unknown



  44. Easter is a time to rejoice and be thankful for the gift of new life that Jesus Christ has given us.   Author Unknown



  45. The message He brought, the wisdom he told to this day has not grown old. He came to save us all   Catherine Pulsifer, Came To Save All



  46. On the third day after Jesus’ own death, He came out of the grave to give the world a sign it cannot deny. For a man to predict His own death and resurrection was something only God could do.   Dr. David Jeremiah



  47. Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.   Clarence W. Hall



  48. The Easter story begins with Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus, followed by Easter Sunday, celebrating his resurrection.
    Good Friday Poem



  49. 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



  50. 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



  51. For many, this Easter day symbolizes rebirth. Is it only one day a year, though? I don’t think so. Each day we can choose in what we will place our faith.   Charles F Glassman



  52. The stone was rolled away from the door, not to permit Christ to come out, but to enable the disciples to go in.   Peter Marshall



  53. Easter tells us that God can raise anything that we can kill, including ourselves.   Craig D. Lounsbrough



  54. Oh let His risen beauty break upon your lives like Easter day.
    Christian Easter Poems



  55. Oh let His risen beauty break upon your lives like Easter day.   Ernest Warburton Shurtleff



  56. Easter is not just a historical event; it is a divine invitation to experience the transformative power of Christ's resurrection in our lives. It is a day that beckons us to embrace the joy, forgiveness, and new beginnings found in Jesus.   Charles Stanley



  57. Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was split. Every time you write a date, you’re using the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as the focal point.   Rick Warren



  58. Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus. Mother Teresa
    Poems About The Cross



  59. The cross of Christ justifies God; He remains holy because He has punished sin in the death, the shed blood, of His Son.   D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones



  60. Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, Father forgive them for they know not what they do.   Robert G. Trache



  61. Let us consider this settled, that no one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection.   John Calvin



  62. Christ the Lord is risen!
    He Is Risen Poems



  63. Sweetly are the bells ringing on Easter morn; and the words that they say on Easter Day are, Christ the Lord is risen!   E. D. C., Bells Ringing



  64. This week, whatever you may be facing, remember that in three short days, the disciples and family of Christ went from hopelessness to hopeful - from devastation to celebration, from defeat to victory! Because of the cross and the tomb, you have a hope in Christ!   Sheri Easter



  65. The Easter tide is near. May the comfort it imparts descend like the very peace of Heaven, into your longing hearts.   Mary Bissell Waterman, Dear Friends



  66. Take with you the joy of Easter to the home, and make that home bright with more unselfish love, more hearty service   John Ellerton



  67. The faith of Easter never will be caught by making Christ a fleeting afterthought.   George W. Wiseman, Easter Must Be Reclaimed



  68. Easter time for many represents a time of renewal, reflection, and rejoicing in the promise of new life.
    Easter Carol



  69. The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.   Robert Flatt



  70. All hail to Easter Day now here; away at once our doubt and fear, for Christ has risen!   C. D. Bradlee, All Hail to Easter Day



  71. Risen! risen! joy forever, Christ is victor, death in chains.   Ellwood Haines Stokes, He Is Risen



  72. Bring sweet Easter blossoms fair! Fill God's Church with off 'rings rare! Here Life's Risen Master stands, blessing us with pierced Hands!   Jennie Harrison, Soft The Solemn Dawn-Light Gray



  73. Out of the shadow of weakness and fear, let us arise, then, to-day! Jesus hath called us; our Easter is here!   Jennie Harrison, Victory



  74. On the third day after Jesus' own death, He came out of the grave to give the world a sign it cannot deny. For a man to predict His own death and resurrection was something only God could do.   David Jeremiah


The empty tomb is God’s greatest message—love conquers all, even death.

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