Quotes about Distance

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way he can't do anything to you because you're a mile away and you've got his shoes.

When God seems distant, you may feel that he is angry with you or is disciplining you for some sin. In fact, sin does disconnect us from intimate fellowship with God. We grieve God's Spirit and quench our fellowship with him by disobedience, conflict with others, busyness, friendship with the world, and other sins.10

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those Not in position to look too close.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those Not in position to look too close.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

Far as we aim our signs to reach, Far as we often make them reach, Across the soul-from-soul abyss, There is an aeon-limit set Beyond which they are doomed to miss. Two souls may be too widely met. That sad-with-distance river beach With mortal longing may beseech; It cannot speak as far as this.

Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.

Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

The shortest distance to leadership is service.

Salt water is the greatest component of our world, yet some people never see an ocean. That doesn't change the ocean. It is constant and powerful, and like the love of God, whether we're immersed in it, standing on the shore, or a thousand miles away, it remains.

I could always hit the ball really far, but you don't need to be strong to do that.