Quotes about Openness
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.
— Henri Nouwen
If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.
— Mark Batterson
We must lay before him what is in us not what ought to be in us.
— CS Lewis
If we be empty and poor it is not because God's hand is straitened but ours is not opened.
— Thomas Manton
The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
— Henry Cloud
Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.
— Myles Munroe
The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness.
— Myles Munroe
Only an unwillingness to be open and honest can keep us from the conclusion that both reason and experience tell us that what the Bible says about us is true. We are without excuse if we remain in denial.
— William Wilberforce
Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
— William Wordsworth
The greatest gift you can open is your arms to someone in need.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest gift you can open is your heart to someone in need.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
To love means to open ourselves to suffering. Shall we shut our doors to love, then and 'be safe'?" That's the only alternative, really. But locking ourselves up and never facing another person won't fix what's really going on in our souls.
— Elisabeth Elliot