Quotes about Activity

In order to this there must be something besides a general tendency to action; there must also be a particular tendency to that individual action.—If it should be asked, why the soul of man uses its activity, in such a manner as it does;

It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity.

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.

The activity will prove to be "peculiar" by leading the active person into Christ's own passion. This activity itself is perpetual suffering and enduring. In it, Christ is suffered by his disciple. If this is not the case, it is not the activity Jesus intended. In this way, the "extraordinary" is the fulfilling of the law, the keeping of the commandments.

God loves his work and therefore wills to preserve it. Creation and preservation are two aspects of the one activity of God.

God alone can deliver us from a life of meaningless activities.

That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.

God is not a static thing...but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama. Almost, if you will not think me irreverent, a kind of dance.

Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored.

But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.

The Old Testament does not tell us everything God was doing everywhere in the world. It's not a biography of God's early years. The Jewish Scriptures describe God's activity in connection to one particular people group.