Quotes about Initiation
My prayer is that God will do the same for you. I am convinced that Christ is always the initiator of matters concerning faith
- Beth Moore
The decision to come out of hiding is our initiation rite into the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. It brings its own reward. We stand in the Truth that sets us free and live out of the Reality that makes us whole.
- Brennan Manning
Mythology is the womb of mankind's initiation to life and death.
- Joseph Campbell
If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
- Dawson Trotman
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
- Marcus Aurelius
The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole.
- Aristotle
Those things which are sacred, are to be imparted only to sacred persons; and it is not lawful to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science.
- Hippocrates
If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of God, and, after being initiated [a reference to baptism], live a happy life.
- Justin Martyr
Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.
- John Stott
Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.
- Priscilla Shirer