Quotes about Willingness
Pray that He will make you willing to give up everything for the Christlike joy of the Father's constant presence.
— Andrew Murray
Not that they may believe against their wills (which would be impossible), but that they may be made willing to believe who were before unwilling to believe.
— John Calvin
We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.
— Wendell Berry
God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.
— Lysa TerKeurst
...real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy.
— Henri Nouwen
True humility is the willingness to allow others to help judge our leanings, leadings and revelations.
— Dutch Sheets
But his marital education had since made strides, and he now knew that a disregard for money may imply not the willingness to get on without it but merely a blind confidence that it will somehow be provided.
— Edith Wharton
Love is the source and goal, faith is the slow process of getting there, and hope is the willingness to move forward without resolution and closure. And these are indeed, 'the three things that last' (1 Corinthians 13:13). People who have these gifts—faith, hope, and love—are indestructible.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.
— St. John Chrysostom
Prayer is not about changing God, but being willing to let God change us.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
— Martin Luther
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.
— Phillips Brooks