50 Best Easter Quotes To Help You Celebrate the Springtime Holiday

As the season for new beginnings and fresh starts arrives, spring is also the time for Easter. The joyous holiday is celebrated by Christians worldwide and has become synonymous with egg-shaped chocolates, marshmallow bunnies, and an abundance of colorful jelly beans. While a basket filled with Easter candy is a sweet way to celebrate the springtime occasion, the real meaning behind the holiday goes much deeper. It symbolizes rebirth, renewal and, of course, the belief in Christ’s resurrection.

To get in the spirit of the holiday, we’ve compiled a collection of Easter quotes that provide a more in-depth perspective into what the season truly represents. Over the course of history, countless philosophers, poets, religious figures and other prominent people have offered their interpretations, inspirations, and viewpoints surrounding the sacred day and this roundup includes some of the best. From Deepak Chopra to T.D. Jakes, this selection of quotes for Easter are sure to inspire, uplift and brighten your day.

Whether you’re sending a heartfelt Easter card to a loved one or posting on social media for an egg-cellent Easter Instagram caption for all your followers, these meaningful words will help you commemorate the holiday. Plus, if you’re hosting Easter dinner, you can use the quotes as part of your Easter decorations. Simply print them on pastel-colored cardstock or place them in small frames for a nice, festive touch. No matter how you use the quotes, sharing them with others is a special way to connect and spark conversations. Who knows? They just might inspire someone to start anew.

“There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” — Pope John Paul II

“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

“A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.” — James E. Faust

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“God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.” — Bede Griffiths

“Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.” — Ezra Taft Benson

“Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.” — Janine di Giovanni

“Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.” — William Barclay

“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

“A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.” — Dwight L. Moody

“The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose.” — Charles Stanley

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

“I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.” — Daniel Morgan

“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

“Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth — so there's two stories there.” — Michael Leunig

“Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.” — Basil Hume

“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

“I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.” — William P. Young

“Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.” — Reba McEntire

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“During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.” — Nancy Pearcey

“Easter is an ancient festival of rebirth, but it's also an excellent excuse for eating eggs. I really like eggs, of both the chocolate and chicken variety. But the chocolate ones, you must admit, can sustain only a fleeting interest. A sweet, sugary hit - and then it's gone.” — Alice Roberts

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“Every Easter, at one household or another, I find a battle begins and the conversation of how to 'properly eat' a chocolate bunny.” — Hilary Farr

“People come together with their families to celebrate Easter. What better way to celebrate than to spend a few hours going on the journey of Christ's life.” — Roma Downey

“Easter is an arts and crafts moment where your whole family and friends can get involved.” — Alex Guarnaschelli

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“And all that is therein; invisible and visible. Their notes let all things blend, for Christ, the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.” — Saint John of Damascus

“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

“Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.” — Soren Kierkegaard

“Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart!” — Susan Coolidge

“Easter is a time to rejoice, be thankful, be assured that all is forgiven, so life extends beyond the soil of the earth.” — Byron Pulsifer

“The cross is a one time visual representation of God’s grief over sin.” — Dean L. Harvey

"Our old history begins and ends with the cross. Our new history begins with our resurrection." — Watchman Nee

"For I remember Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born." — Alice Freeman Palmer

"But from this earth, this grave, this dust, my God shall raise me up, I trust." — Walter Raleigh

"Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing." — Albert Lighton

"He takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life." — S.D. Gordon

"Where flowers bloom so does hope." — Lady Bird Johnson

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The darkest hours are just before dawn." — English Proverb

"The Earth laughs in flowers." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness." — Desmond Tutu

"Once you choose hope, anything is possible." — Christopher Reeve

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

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring." — Bernard Williams

"The great gift of Easter is hope." — Basil C. Hume

"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies and became the random of the world. It was a perfect act." — Mahatma Gandhi

"I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different." — Dolly Parton

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"We were old sinners—but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore." — Joel Osteen

"Easter tells us of something children can’t understand, because it addresses things they don’t yet have to know: the weariness of life, the pain, the profound loneliness and hovering fear of meaninglessness." — Frederica Mathewes-Green

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