Jesus wept, but He never complained.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the strength in expressing emotions without succumbing to complaints or negativity.
The quote 'Jesus wept, but He never complained' emphasizes the profound human experience of grief and sorrow, yet contrasts it with the notion of resilience and perseverance. It illustrates that it is natural to feel and express sadness, as Jesus did, but one can still maintain dignity and strength during difficult times without allowing those feelings to devolve into complaining or despair.
In practice
In a speech about overcoming adversity, one might say, 'Like Jesus, we may weep, but let's remember to embrace our challenges with courage.'
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
The years of imprisonment hardened me... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life... there is no longer anything I can fear.
Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even you father. In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations.
Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.
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