Quotes About Response

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune.

Many become brave when brought to bay.

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea.

Yes, I totally would date a fan! I get this question a lot, but I'm always saying yes.

From contact comes feeling. From feeling comes reaction. This is what keeps us in the cycle of birth and death. Our reactions to our feelings are our passport to rebirth.

We will die a slow death over the next two years as this oil creeps ashore.

The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, '"That's nice." It's the kiss of death.

The first step in helping a suffering person is to acknowledge that the pain is valid, and worthy of a sympathetic response.

The fact that Jesus came to earth where he suffered and died does not remove pain from our lives. But it does show that God did not sit idly by and watch us suffer in isolation. He became one of us. Thus, in Jesus, God gives us an up-close and personal look at his response to human suffering. All our questions about God and suffering should, in fact, be filtered through what we know about Jesus.

According to Jesus, what I think about him and how I respond will determine my destiny for all eternity.

Virtually every passage on suffering in the New Testament deflects the emphasis from cause to response. Although we cannot grasp the master plan of the universe, which allows for so much evil and pain (the Why? question), we can nevertheless respond in two important ways. First, we can find meaning in the midst of suffering. Second, we can offer real and practical help to those in need.

only love can summon a response of love, which is the one thing God wants from us and the reason he created us.

We respond to healing grace by giving it away.

Virtually every passage on suffering in the New Testament deflects the emphasis from cause to response.

Si Dios se dedicara a enviar rayos como respuesta a las malas doctrinas, nuestro planeta brillaría como un árbol navideño.

Jeremiah affected me more than any other book. The image of a wounded lover in Jeremiah is an awesome one that I cannot comprehend. Why would the God who created all that exists willingly become subject to such humiliation from creation? I was haunted by the reality of a God who lets our response matter that much.

I'm simply amazed at how God worked in response to my prayers. I see a softening in my niece's husband, an agnostic. I see transformation in the members of my small group, and spiritual awakenings in my neighbors. I see growth in my own marriage.

We exercise faith by responding to the task that lies before us.

Today, if I had to answer the question "Where is God when it hurts?" in a single sentence, I would make that sentence another question: "Where is the church when it hurts?" We form the front line of God's response to the suffering world.

Some Christians respond to the divide by making harsh judgments about the people they disagree with — ?one of the main reasons evangelicals have an unsavory reputation. I cringe when I hear such words, and respond by keeping mostly quiet about my faith. Neither approach is healthy.

Fear is the universal primal response to suffering. And yet beyond doubt it is also the single greatest "enemy of recovery.

circumstances, whether fortunate or unfortunate, are morally neutral. They simply are what they are; what matters is how we respond to them. Good and evil, in the moral sense, do not reside in things, but always in persons.

What counts is the way a person reacts in the face of suffering.