If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLNo, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn’t lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.
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When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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When you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you’ll get to rest and relax until He says, ‘Go.
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We aren’t just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.
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Authentic men aren’t afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they’re sad, admit it when they’re wrong, and ask for help when they need it.
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God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.
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Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.
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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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