Quotes About Rest

Do not be downhearted because of scandals in the Church. Jesus Himself warned that scandals would come, and that the wicked would be judged and punished. We should rest in His promise. We should rest in His one true Church, even if within the Church we find much unrest.

Q: What do you call a sleeping bull? A: A bulldozer.

For those in local church ministry, your Sabbath is not going to be Sunday. Don't even try. But you need one day to allow God to have the room, space, and quiet needed to renew your soul.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt. 11:28–30)

For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus. (2 Cor. 7:5–6)

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. (Ps. 62:5–8 NIV)

Give us redemptive discontent until our hearts rest again in you.

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest. (Heb. 4:1–3)

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest. (Heb. 4:9–11)

Albert Szent-Györgyi, a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in 1937 for the discovery of vitamin C, once offered the opinion that "life is nothing but an electron looking for a place to rest.

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.

In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.

Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.

Soon someone would say the fatal words, "Well, I think it's time for me to go to bed.

You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

Get over jet-lag quickly. I think a lot of people waste the first few days sleeping in the wrong time zone. Sometimes I take melatonin but at other times a glass of wine will do it.

I'm so lazy. I'm on the road all the time working, so when I'm at home, my perfect date is just laying on the couch!

If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!

I really enjoy spending time at home.

I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa.

Everyone needs some time to themselves.

Breaks are good because you need breaks to be more creative. It's hard to come up with that creativity and the stamina for that creativity, all the time.

It's time to sleep your way to the top.

Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.