Quotes about Reactivity
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
LEADERS Initiate Lead; pick up phone and make contact Spend time planning anticipate problems Invest time with people Fill the calendar by priorities FOLLOWERS React Listen; wait for phone to ring Spend time living day-to-day; react to problems Spend time with people Fill the calendar by requests
— John Maxwell
As Buechner says, we are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our lives but reactors, "to go where the world takes us, to drift with whatever current happens to be running the strongest.
— John Eldredge
to put words together in a such a way that they exercise a mysterious and vital reactivity among themselves, and so release their secret content of associations to produce in the reader an experience that enriches the depths of his spirit in a manner quite unique.
— Thomas Merton
Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.
— Stephen Covey
We frequently react to people who are destroying themselves; we react by learning to destroy ourselves.
— Melody Beattie
Every sense you possess is an instrument for reacting to change.
— Frank Herbert