On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLBecause 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.
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God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.
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People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
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God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.
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One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.
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God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends
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Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
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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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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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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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