None of these quotes are mine, and I don't remember where a lot of them came from, but I thought I would share them anyway. If you have a quote you would like to share leave a comment.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. " - T. Roosevelt
“20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain
“20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain
How do you defend the gospel? The same way you defend a lion...get out of the way. ~CH Spurgeon
The Lord can do more in your waiting than you can do in your doing. -unknown
"There are times when, for
inscrutable reasons, God chooses to solve our problems for us. There are other
occasions when the Holy Spirit offers to solve our problems with us, and there
are those times when God seems to be saying, 'There will be no solving of the
problem, but I will give you the strength to ENDURE the UNCHANGEABLE and to
experience real growth in the process.’" (John
Claypool, The Hopeful Heart)
“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed
you to go through it, not without pain but without stain” - C.S. Lewis
"When I want to speak let me
think first. Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? If not, let it be left
unsaid." Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Our
main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what
clearly lies at hand. ~Thomas Carlyle
Few actions of
consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion." ~Jerold
Panas
"May no trifles ever wean your affections from the
unspeakably important subjects of eternity." ~ Legh Richmond
"I have found that there are three stages in every great
work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is
done." ~J. Hudson Taylor
"Compassion will cure more sins than
condemnation." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
"No man, for any considerable period
of time, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without
finally getting bewildered as to which may be the truth.” ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will
satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good." ~ Joe Paterno
"Let not our
longing slay the appetite of our living." ~Jim Elliot
"Love, Joy, Peace are won on the battlefield of the soul,
not in rushing or striving in the physical world."
"It is usually not who is right or
who is wrong, because these aren't usually federal issues or matters of right
and wrong. It is more a matter of God giving us a test to see if we have a
humble spirit." ~ Nancy Leigh
DeMoss
"Ask God for His agenda each day, and don't let the urgent
usurp the important. Make sure to finish the work He gives you day by
day." ~David Jeremiah
"God is not a
deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him,
should slip away from us." -St Augustine
"Trying to do the
Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious
of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of
Jesus just flows out of you." ~ Corrie ten Boom
"I’m part of the
fellowship of the unashamed, the die has been cast, I have stepped over the
line, the decision has been made — I’m a disciple of Jesus Christ — I won’t look back, let up, slow down,
back away or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future
is secure — I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, smooth knees,
colorless dreams, tamed visions, worldly talking, cheap giving and dwarfed
goals.
My face is set , my gait
is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions
are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I won’t give up, shut up,
let up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up for the cause of Jesus
Christ.
I must go till He comes,
give till I drop, preach till everyone knows, work till He stops me and when He
comes for His own, He will have no trouble recognizing me because my banner
will have been clear. ~An African Man
*"We must get over wanting to be needed-this is the hardest of all temptations to resist" - C.S. Lewis
* In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ~ John Bunyan
* Don't compare your life to others, you have no idea what their journey is all about.
* In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ~ John Bunyan
* Don't compare your life to others, you have no idea what their journey is all about.
* When faithfulness is most difficult, it is most necessary.
*The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.
