Inspirational Quotes on Apathy

“What makes the Dead Sea dead? Because it is all the time receiving, never giving out anything. Why is it that many Christians are cold? Because they are all the time receiving, never giving out anything.”

“Loving the world destroys our relationship with God, it denies our faith in God, and it discounts our future with God.”

“Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if an inquest could be secured on this dire, spiritual calamity.”

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

“A life devoted to trifles, not only takes away the inclination, but the capacity for higher pursuits. The truths of Christianity have scarcely more influence on a frivolous than on a profligate character.”

“The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.”

“Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power.”

“The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.”

“The most generous vine, if not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stems and grows at last weak and fruitless: so doth the best man if he be not cut short in his desires, and pruned with afflictions.”

“Is the world crucified to you tonight? Or does it fascinate you?”

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”

“Often we become apathetic in our lives until we face a severe storm. Whether loss of a job, health crisis, loss of a loved one, or financial struggle; God often brings storms into our lives to change our perspective, to shift the focus from ourselves and our lives to Him.”

“All of us have not been to a natural prison, but everybody in here has had a spiritual prison.”

“Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.”

“Superficial Christians are apt to be eccentric. Mature Christians are so near the Lord that they are not afraid of missing His guidance. They are not always trying to promote their loyalty to God by their independence from others.”

“How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a corner while they do the work themselves.”