Quotes related to Ephesians 5:16
The reel of your real life unwound only once.
— John Updike
To become less and transmit more, to replenish energy with wisdom - some such hope, at this more than midpoint in my life, is the reason why I write.
— John Updike
John Wooden focused almost entirely on improvement in the present moment. He let the score—winning—take care of itself. Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
— John Wooden
By taking a few moments to "die on purpose" to the rush of time while you are still living, you free yourself to have time for the present. By "dying" now in this way, you actually become more alive now.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
— Samuel Johnson
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.
— Maya Angelou
Life is too short to be small.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
— Seneca
Family means too much, Friends are too valuable, And life is too short, To put-off sharing with people, How much they really mean to you, And pursuing whatever it is that makes you happy.
— Anonymous
The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey - double and treble the reason for loving as well as working while it is day
— George Eliot
What if you knew you wouldn't fail--what would you do? What if time and money weren't an object--what God-sized goal would you go after? If you're looking for an excuse, you'll always find one. The same is true of opportunity.
— Mark Batterson
Soren Kierkegaard believed that boredom is the root of all evil. I second the notion. Boredom isn't just boring; boredom is wrong. You cannot simultaneously live by faith and be bored. Faith and boredom are antithetical.
— Mark Batterson