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Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

Rick Warren

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
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Build Character Moral Opportunity Potential Problem Spiritual
Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.
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Build Defeat Give Up Integrity Pride Rejection Temptation Time Yourself
Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.
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Deep Despair Discover Journey Life Moments Transformation Valley
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
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Compassionate Humility Thinking Yourself
Most of the time, it’s your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.
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Hold Talent Thinking Time Yourself
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
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Easy Learning Love Nature Task
If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.
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God Himself People Perfection
The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
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God Stop Worry Yourself
When God is at the center of your life, you Worship, when He’s not, you Worry.
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God Life Worry Worship Yourself
The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.
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Expectation God Responsibility Yourself
When you use your life for God’s glory, everything you do can become an act of worship
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Act Glory God Life Worship Yourself
Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.
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Best Live Surrender Way Work
You don’t have to be famous to be great.
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Fame Greatness Yourself
Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
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Easy Fame Hard Popular Yourself
God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.
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Career Character Forever God Yourself
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
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Gift Greatness Time Yourself

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

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Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

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