Quotes About Response

Those who suffer can respond to the call of the gospel with a certain abandonment and uncomplicated totality because they have so little to lose and are ready for anything.

Jesus requires—no, demands—a response of forgiveness.

si alguna vez me llego a preguntar cuál será la respuesta «espiritual" adecuada al dolor y el sufrimiento, puedo observar cómo reaccionó Jesús ante sus propios sufrimientos: con temor y temblor, con gritos y lágrimas.

the Gospels make clear the connection: God forgives my debts as I forgive my debtors. The reverse is also true: Only by living in the stream of God's grace will I find the strength to respond with grace toward others.

Sometimes God gives us a moment of destiny, and we have to hear the call and rise to it.

it's not our experiences that form us but the ways in which we respond to them;

How often a mother initiated a conversation with her child was not predictive of the language outcomes—what mattered was, if the infant initiated, whether the mom responded.

Warum? - gli ho chiesto nel mio povero tedesco. - Hier ist kein warum - (qui non c'e' perche'), mi ha risposto, ricacciandomi indietro con uno spintone.

Ask the Lord to break your heart for what breaks His, and then ask Him to stir in you a sense of active compassion that makes you too uncomfortable to sit by and do nothing.

If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.

Greg had been nearly out the door, on his way next door to Shari's birthday party, when the phone rang. "Hi, Greg. Why aren't you on your way to my party?" Shari had asked when he'd run to pick up the receiver. "Because I'm on the phone with you," Greg had replied dryly.

You are not my high school crush, idiot." "Great. I can die happy, then.

And how are we supposed to do that, exactly? Shane's all grrr now.

Just who are you planning to call? Ghostbusters?

Jackass! Eve yelled. You know, when people say that, I just hear the word awesome, Shane said.

Where are you going?" "To get a Coke!" "Would you—" "No!

Don't do me any favors, Glass Ass, Jason snapped.

I love you,' Eve said. He closed his mouth, fast, because obviously that was not what he'd expected. 'I, uh, okay. Love you, too. Can we stop that? It's uncomfortable.' 'Jerkface.' 'Much better.

Right, that was awkward. Eve, you stay and..., bake or something. The hell I will.

Eve: Yo! Mocha! Oliver: Yo. I am not your waitress.

Oh, like you don't throw a hissy every time somebody trips your angst switch!

Like dogs and lions, small children can sense fear. The slightest flinch, the slightest disinclination, and they will jump atop you and devour you.

Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body that have somehow awakened a response in the spirit.

I suspected eccentricity was often if not always a response to pain, a defense mechanism against anguish and torment and sorrow.