Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes aimlessness fruitful grit
'Who Is This Man?' is about the impact of Jesus on human history. Most people - including most Christians - simply have no idea of the extent to which we live in a Jesus-impacted world. John Ortberg christianextenthistory Change image and share on social
To have my mind racing and my heart beating fast over glorious possibilities is very close to the summit of life experience for me. John Ortberg beatcloseexperience Change image and share on social
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart. John Ortberg cancerdeadlyform Change image and share on social
Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort! Joyce Meyer accomplishbusycircle share on social
In books or films, it is desirable to have a climactic battle scene, but the world does not operate in those gross dramatic terms. In Vietnam, there was a general aimlessness, not just in the physical sense, but beyond that in the moral and ethical sense. Tim O'Brien aimlessnessbattlebook share on social
As so many writers know, the experience of creating an imaginary world is closer to dreaming than it is to normal, grit-your-teeth work. It's preconscious rather than conscious. Ideas fall into your head, and the book writes you, rather than the other way around. David Ignatius bookcloseconscious share on social