The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLWorry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.
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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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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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Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.
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People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
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Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn’t complicated. ‘I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.’ We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.
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Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
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God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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All he asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith. God is just waiting for us to trust Him.
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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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Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don’t waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.
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The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
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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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