Wise Words On Wednesday: Talk is cheap
Talk is cheap. The price tag is action.
Anon.
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Talk is cheap. The price tag is action.
Anon.
Our present actions have this effect because we are forming our hearts, our minds, our desires, our goals, and our dreams. In other words, what we let into our minds and hearts now will affect us moving forward. How we let the pressures and the insecurities and the fears of life play out will affect us, and they will begin to form us
– Sarah Swafford, Emotional Virtue
“Action expresses priorities”
– Mahatma Gandhi
The word “hypocrite” is used to describe Christians so regularly these days that it’s practically a cliché. What people intend to communicate when they describe Christians in this way is that Christians say one thing and yet do another.
In particular, they object to the fact that Christians say that one should not sin and yet they sin! As a result, some people think that the moniker of “hypocrite” is both justified and appropriate. Unfortunately, that’s not what the word means…
Since it’s Brandon Vogt‘s birthday today I thought I’d post a quotation from one of his favourite Saints: