Quotes about Feelings

More than any other faith challenge I face, believing that I am who God says I am necessitates choosing what God says over what I feel.

if we change the way we think, before long our thoughts change the way we feel.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

If we do not possess the Spirit of Christ, no matter how hard we attempt to "yield" to God's control, we will not experience that alien ability in our feelings and responses. We will be capable of "good works" but not "God works." Only a believer perceives the difference. Remember, God doesn't think, speak, or act like us.

Proverbs 14:10 that "each heart knows its own bitterness" (NIV), and I think he was on to something. No other human can climb down our throats like a spelunker and

We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally.

People have lots of different feelings about what happened when Sen. Franken made the really hard decision to resign. I have come to respect people have lots of different feelings, sometimes very strong feelings, and they're not all the same.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

A bagel shop isn't the most romantic spot to tell a girl you like her. But that night romance wasn't the priority. Our time there wasn't intended to be mushy. I didn't propose marriage or say I was madly in love with her, and she didn't swoon. What I did tell her was that through our friendship I'd grown to respect her.

If you ant to feel deeply, you have to think deeply. Too often we separate the two. We assume that if we want to feel deeply, then we need to sit around and, well, feel. But emotion built on emotion is empty. True emotion- emotion that is reliable and does not lead us astray- is always a response to reality, to truth.

I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

Our culture puts feelings first, but true love isn't based on feelings. That is why there are so many divorces today. When the early romantic feelings in a marriage do not remain constant... many people believe divorce is the answer.