Quotes about Moments
There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious. Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Like a sudden thaw in the middle of winter, grace happens at unexpected moments. It stops us short, catches the breath, disarms. If we manipulate it, try to control it, somehow earn it, that would not be grace. Yet not everyone has tasted of that amazing grace, and not everyone believes in it.
— Philip Yancey
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
— Thomas Merton
Don't be too quick in your assessment of God's gifts to you. Thank him. Moment by moment. Day by day.
— Max Lucado
When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on.
— CS Lewis
The true test of a person's spiritual life and character is not what he does in the extraordinary moments of life, but what he does during the ordinary times when there is nothing tremendous or exciting happening. A person's worth is revealed in his attitude toward the ordinary things of life when he is not under the spotlight (see John 1:35—37 and 3:30).
— Oswald Chambers
Do you know how long a year takes when it's going away?' Dunbar repeated to Clevinger. 'This long.' He snapped his fingers. 'A second ago you were stepping into college with your lungs full of fresh air. Today you're an old man.
— Joseph Heller
War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The test of a man's religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times, when there is nothing tremendous or exciting on. The worth of a man is revealed in his attitude to ordinary things when he is not before the footlights.
— Oswald Chambers
Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.
— Ravi Zacharias
Paul's model of parenting is distinctly redemptive, but when parents forget that moments of difficulty are moments of redemption, they stand in the way of what the Lord is doing.
— Paul David Tripp
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
— CS Lewis