Quotes about Concern

I tell my child, if I seem obsessed to always know where you've been, it is because my DNA will be found at the scene.

There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.

Unless we are involved, the problem is not present.

If someone had shown me a statement of Sawi grammar and asked me to guess the type of persons who developed it, I would have guessed a race of pedantic-philosopher types obsessed with fastidious concern for handling masses of detail efficiently.

By a true religion or a true spirituality I mean one that is anchored in a vital faith in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Cor 1:3) and leads us into a caring concern for the welfare of our neighbor, even above the perfecting of our own souls. The focus of true spirituality is on God's holy love, not on humanity's spiritual fulfillment.

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith.

But on the whole, we appear to be more concerned about the sins of society than we are the sins of the saints. In fact, we often indulge in what I call the "respectable" or "acceptable" sins without any sense of sin. Our

Paul said of his colaborer Titus, "I thank God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative" (2 Corinthians 8:16-)

But on the whole, we appear to be more concerned about the sins of society than we are the sins of the saints.

To worry was as bad as to be afraid. It simply made things more difficult.

I've said this time and again: My greatest concern coming into the White House was making sure my girls came out whole and normal, and decent and kind, just like I would expect them to if we were living on the South Side of Chicago. And it takes work to keep White House life normal for the kids.

Every four years, the eyes of America become riveted on the national election returns. But God's first concern during any political season is not the same as our first concern - it is not about what is happening, or going to happen, in the White House. God's first concern is what is happening, or not happening, in His house.