Quotes about Interest

We aren't sure what we want in life, there is no story question in our lives either. And if there is no story question inviting us to take action, we will lose interest in our own lives.

I couldn't tell the difference between the books they were talking about and their lives, they were just that cool.

One of the surest marks of spiritual decline is a decreased interest about the souls of others and the growth of Christ's kingdom.

God is interested in my character, not my comfort.

Imagine—after your enemies are judged and banished, many great treasure chests are set before you. Jesus tells you to open them, saying, These are the gifts I meant for you in your former life but were stolen. I return them now, with interest. Imagine what fills those chests. Laughter comes from one, for so much of what has been lost are memories and joy.

Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knew why he was so anxious to get a new heart. "All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one." "I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

I do not deal with the text [of the Bible] scientifically. I read it, I'm interested in its layers of meaning, but my relation to it is much more an emotional one.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

God is not interested in your "spiritual life." God is just interested in your life.

It is true, our interest in God is not built upon our holiness; but it is as true that we have none without it.

Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in existence; the refusal to take the oath of loyalty to life. The man who kills a man, kills a man. The man who kills himself, kills all men. As far as he is concerned he wipes out the world.