Quotes about Careless
Tragedy is the shattering of the forms and of our attachment to the forms; comedy, the wild and careless, inexhaustible joy of life invincible.
— Joseph Campbell
The law is not made for a righteous man" (1 Tim. i. 9). This is that Christian liberty, our faith, the effect of which is, not that we should be careless or lead a bad life, but that no one should need the law or works for justification and salvation.
— Martin Luther
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
— Proverbs 14:16
He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
— Proverbs 19:16
Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant.
— John Piper
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.
— JC Ryle
Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
— Mark Twain
It is hypocrisy alone that leads men to be careless about themselves, and haughtily to despise others.
— John Calvin
Christian's attempt to help remedy the perilous condition of these three sleeping pilgrims is met with indifference, indolence, and intolerance. Christian, troubled by the lack of spiritual concern in the religious world, does his best to bring about a change, but all his efforts are scorned and rebuffed. Lesson one for the new Christian-many a careless and indifferent traveler will not survive the pilgrimage. 6.
— John Bunyan
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may findThee sitting careless on a granary floor,Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,Drows'd with the fume of poppies while thy hookSpares the next swath and all its twined flowers.
— John Keats
Here, as I said, were judgments and mercy, but neither of them did awaken my soul to righteousness; wherefore I sinned still, and grew more and more rebellious against God, and careless of my own salvation.
— John Bunyan
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
— Anonymous