Inspirational Quotes on Apathy

“If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.”

“It is possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.”

“To enjoy sensuous pleasures daily is no evidence of spirituality. On the contrary, those who go on with God and disregard their own feelings are the truly spiritual ones.”

“A little carelessness brings in defeat.”

“A Christian ought to realize what the weights laid on his spirit are. If he encounters it in the morning and does not deal with it at once, he experiences defeat the whole day long.”

“Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier.”

“May the things of this world so lose their power over us that we do not in the slightest wish to be "worldly"; nay, we even delight in not remaining "in the world."”

“The particular sin of omission which gives ground to the evil spirits is the believer's passivity.”

“Let the Christian mark this well that once he has perceived the will of God in his spirit's intuition his whole being needs to be employed actively in executing God's will. He should not be passive.”

“There is a time when to avoid trouble is to store up trouble, and when to seek for a lazy and a cowardly peace is to court a still greater danger.”

“I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost; Christianity without Christ; forgiveness without repentance; salvation without regeneration; politics without God; and Heaven without Hell.”

“Oh, it is sad for a poor Christian to stand at the door of the promise, in the dark night of affliction, afraid to draw the latch, whereas he should then come boldly for shelter as a child into his father's house.”

“A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.”

“If you are contented with a sound creed and a little morality in your lives, you are in an awful state. I would not like to die in your state for a thousand worlds.”

“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.”

“God does not do business with people who do not mean business with Him.”

“Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness.”

“God has no place for undercover agents.”

“Not to decide is to decide.”

“It is possible to miss God's perfect will for our lives through carelessness or disobedience.”