Quotes about Reaction
I am convinced that life is 10% of what happens to me and 90 % how I react. And so it is with you, we are in charge of our Attitudes.
— Charles Swindoll
Many people are impressed by their problems. They live in reaction to the devil.
— Bill Johnson
The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
— William James
Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?
— Max Lucado
Anger takes everything personally, as if everything is an intentional act to make your life miserable.
— Edward Welch
Reacting usually does not work. We react too quickly, with too much intensity and urgency. Rarely can we do our best at anything in this state of mind.
— Melody Beattie
A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.
— John Ortberg
How you feel is not the result of what is happening in your life-it is your interpretation of what is happening.
— Tony Robbins
People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.
— Jim Cymbala
Then making the noise usually written "Tut-tut," he
— Dorothy Sayers
suggestion that "sin" does not make God angry (a frequent idea in modern thought as a reaction against the caricatures of an ill-tempered deity) needs to be treated with disdain.
— NT Wright
We don't have to take other people's behaviors as reflections of our self-worth. We don't have to be embarrassed if someone we love chooses to behave inappropriately. It's normal to react that way, but we don't have to continue to feel embarrassed and less than if someone else continues to behave inappropriately. Each person is responsible for his or her behavior.
— Melody Beattie