Quotes About Following

Donald Trump produced on a daily basis an astonishing, can't-stop-following-it narrative.

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. James Dean

Did you follow me here?" "Something like that." I let out a frustrated groan. "Can't anyone just talk to me straight? Why is everyone avoiding my damn questions tonight?" Bishop's brows went up. "Okay, fine. Yes, I followed you here. Better?" "Yes. Stalkery, but better." "I'm not stalking you." "Spoken like a true stalker

Obviously, apprenticeship is happening here. You want to learn to be a plumber? Find a Master Plumber and do what he does. You want to learn to be a disciple? Find someone with the life that resembles the life of Jesus and do what he does. This is what the disciples were doing.

Jesus never called us to be believers--he calls us to be followers who believe. It was so easy for me to be a Christian early on because I thought the whole thing was an exercise in believing. But following Jesus is an exercise in living--because we believe.

As Jesus's disciples we are to follow him—doing the things he did.

will be painful. That is part of the point, not that we seek the pain, but that we seek to follow Jesus.

Jesus, the Son of God, the truly human one, is leading his people to their promised land, and is available for all people and for all time as the totally sympathetic one, the priest through whom they can come to God. Following Jesus is the only way to go.

I thought I was leading them, but the truth was, I was just following them, holding up a lantern.

The question loomed: At what point does commonness cease to be an asset, as a viable form of populism, and become a liability for a political actor? And should anyone be shocked when voters are swept up in an "almost Elvis-sized following," as Cavett said Palin's supporters were? When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there's always a chance that the dancing bear will win.

The Gospel is not health and wealth in this life, but a call to follow in Jesus Christ's footsteps.

Before they behaved right, before they believed right, they recognized a Voice and they knew—I will follow this Man. I will belong to Him. They left everything behind. All they had was Jesus. They didn't know where they were going, what they were being called to. They weren't sure who He was, but they were attracted to this Person. They recognized something in Him.

Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature's night . . . My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. —Charles Wesley

The gods disappeared with their following—nature stood forlorn and lifeless. Arid count and strict measure bound her with iron chains.

Running after things is called attachment; following the Heavenly Principle is samadhi.

To follow Jesus today is to follow a madman according to the ideals of present day civilization. We have the idea that our civilization is God-ordained, whereas it has been built up by ourselves. We have made a thousand and one necessities until our system of civilized life is as cast iron, and then we apologize to the Lord for not following Him.

Our Lord never lays down the conditions of discipleship as the conditions of salvation.

Instead of humbly following along behind Jesus, I've let myself get sidetracked by a myriad of temptations: overly ambitious creative projects, delusions about my own importance, worrisome relationships, secret small addictions, stubborn resentments, and a hundred forms of self-indulgence.

If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it." – LUKE 9:23-24

What is at stake is a faith that can actually remain sustainable and meaningful because it listens to the challenges of the present as we follow the God who is always out ahead of us, ready to surprise us.

Always demand proof of nirvana before you start following messiahs who're selling it to you. Those guys don't exactly have the greatest track record in the universe.

Ha. Admit it: you don't have the slightest idea what you are doing, you never ever did. With all the nets in the world, real or unreal. You swam around in a flashing confused school following the tail of the fish in front. Pretty much. Nibbling at whatever passed, in whatever current you swam into. Even the love of your life felt like luck, like she might vanish in the finning crowd at any moment. Which she did.

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, Davidís counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalomís following kept increasing.

One of Joabís young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”