logo

Quotes About Following

The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act of obedience, not a confession of faith in Jesus.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
According to our text, there is no road to faith or discipleship, no other road - only obedience to the call of Jesus.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Discipleship is commitment to Christ. Because Christ exists, he must be followed.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. Such a man knows that the call to discipleship is a gift of grace, and that the call is inseparable from the grace. But those who try to use this grace as a dispensation from following Christ are simply deceiving themselves.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If we would follow Jesus we must take certain definite steps. The first step, which follows the call, cuts the disciple off from his previous existence. The call to follow at once produces a new situation. To stay in the old situation makes discipleship impossible.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to Him each day and say, 'Father, Your will for today is mine. You lead me today and I will follow.
~ Kay Arthur
Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
~ Joseph Campbell
The sky is the limit. I'm just following where life takes me. It's been an incredible journey.
~ Christina Aguilera
I waited here, in the tavern - it wasn't fitting, after all, for me to follow you into that haven of dubious delight and certain gonorrhea.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
Rampage Jackson came to the UFC with a brain. He came to the UFC with a huge following from being in Asia with Pride. He was a personality before he came to the UFC. You don't see them putting marketing money behind him to blow him up.
~ Tyron Woodley
SoundCloud was my first break I guess. I got a little bit of a following.That whole bedroom producer genre was kind of kicking itself into gear, and SoundCloud was becoming more of a hub for producers at the time.
~ Mura Masa
There are a lot of people I dislike in the world. I mean, a lot. I don't follow any of them on Twitter.
~ John Gruber
Rooster Teeth has always had a big following in the gamer community, and we are lifelong gamers ourselves.
~ Burnie Burns
Amazing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature's night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray – I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
~ Robert J. Morgan
I wholly followed the LORD my God. – Joshua 14:8
~ Robert J. Morgan
So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him. – Luke 5:11
~ Robert J. Morgan
You've no objection to a bird of ill omen, following you, have you, Corwin?
~ Roger Zelazny
Memphis—it's just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. It's what they do. It's not following you, and it's not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange brother.
~ Libba Bray
Physically walking where Jesus walked is less important than walking as He walked.
~ Thomas S. Monson
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
~ Eric Cantona
Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.
~ Steve Carlton
Following Christ means following him through life, following him in every word and gesture, following him out of one clime into another.
~ George Whitefield
Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
~ Bob Goff