Quotes about Paralysis
Sin makes us moral quadriplegics.
— Paul David Tripp
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
— Matthew 8:6
Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Want of will causes paralysis of every faculty. In spiritual things man is utterly unable because resolvedly unwilling.
— Charles Spurgeon
The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."
— Winston Churchill
People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.
— Janette Oke
Well, some teams get paralyzed by their need for complete agreement, and their inability to move beyond debate.
— Patrick Lencioni
Hatred paralyzes life love releases it. Hatred confuses life love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life love illumines it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lord, I pray for an end to this conflict and a breaking of the hold strife has on us. Take away the hurt and the armor we've put up to protect ourselves. Lift us out of the pit of unforgiveness. Speak through us so that our words reflect Your love, peace, and reconciliation. Tear down this wall between us and teach us how to walk through it. Enable us to rise up from this paralysis and move into the healing and wholeness You have for us.
— Stormie Omartian
Only the gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage. Destroy self-exaltation and increase confidence. Destroy the pushiness of self-assertion and deliver from the paralysis of self-doubt.
— John Piper
A rabbit, it has been said, can outrun a lion. But the rabbit's great fear of the lion paralyzes it, making it easy for the lion to catch and consume it.
— Sheila Walsh
She did not know why she could not move. It was as in a dream when the heart strains and the body cannot stir.
— DH Lawrence