Charles R. Swindoll Quotes - Page 10

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• If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high.

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  Love, Risk, Tolls

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• I know of no realm of life that can provide more companionship in a lonely world or greater feelings of security and purpose in chaotic times than the close ties of a family.

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  Family, Lonely, Ties

  Charles R. Swindoll (1994). “The Strong Family”, Zondervan

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• The longer I live the more I believe that the greatest enemy of a victorious Christian life is passivity.

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  Christian, Believe, Enemy

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• If you want to be a person with a large vision, you must cultivate the habit of doing the little things well.

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  Encouragement, Vision, Littles

  Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• GRACE: All you can do is take it.

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  Grace, Can Do

  Charles R. Swindoll (2006). “The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace Is One Thing. Living it Is Another.”, p.29, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Focus on your marriage. Because that's the nucleus of the home, whatever you do to restore its health and strength will naturally restore what's broken among the other relationships. If you have no children yet, this will make a comfortable nest for them to begin life well. If you have children, the changes you make in your marriage will affect the rest of the household more quickly and dramatically than you think.

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  Family, Marriage, Children

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• I'm not against screens, or new songs, or innovation. I just don't like the gimmicks. I want to know when worship is over that that leader's sole purpose was to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  Song, Jesus, Leader

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• Don't be afraid of outgiving God. It is impossible to do that.

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  Making A Difference, Charity, Helping

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• In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna-a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night-to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.

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  Night, People, Choices

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• Jesus never commanded believers to produce fruit. Fruit is the purpose of the branch, but it is not the responsibility of the branch. The branch cannot produce anything on it's own. However, if it remains attached to the vine, it will receive life-sustaining sap, nourishment, strength, everything it needs.

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  Jesus, Responsibility, Fruit

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• The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent of how I react to it. And so it is with you. we are in charge of our attitudes.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• If the pace and the push, the noise and the crowds are getting to you, it's time to stop the nonsense and find a place of solace to refresh your spirit

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  Christian, Pace, Crowds

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude... When my attitudes are right theres no challenge too great for me.

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  Attitude, Believe, Choices

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.37, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don't just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.

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  Believe, Giving, People

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• It has come to the time where the most dangerous place to be in America is not the inner city, where gangs threaten innocent lives, or in angry prisons, where only the fit survive, but in the womb of a mother who is being told that if she doesn't really want the baby, an abortion is the solution.

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  Mother, Baby, Cities

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• The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study

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  Christian, Growth, Tests

  Charles R. Swindoll (1994). “Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life”, p.147, Zondervan

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• If I had my life to live over, I'd have spent more hours in worship.

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  Worship, Hours, Ifs

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• You will find a common dichotomy in life. Those who don't have vision or determination, and refuse to dream the impossible, are always in the majority.

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  Positive, Dream, Determination

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• Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.

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  Christian, Jesus, Effort

  Charles R. Swindoll (2009). “Jesus: The Greatest Life of All”, p.262, Thomas Nelson

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• Some folks serve the almighty dollar far more faithfully than the Almighty God. They get greater delight out of balancing the budget than watching the Lord multiply the loaves and fishes.

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  Christian, Religion, Dollars

  Charles R. Swindoll (2005). “Day by Day with Charles Swindoll”, p.276, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It's easy to get attached to idols, good things inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the centre of a room, everything else only junks up the decor.

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  Christian, Jesus, Idols

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• If our perfect Lord is gracious enough to take our worst, and ugliest, our most boring, our least successful, and forgive them, burying them in the depths of the sea, then it's high time we give each other a break.

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  Inspirational, Life, Successful

  Charles R. Swindoll (1993). “Encourage Me”, p.72, Harper Collins

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• When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

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  Positive, Attitude, Optimistic

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.143, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Home is the bottom line of life, the anvil upon which attitudes and convictions are hammered out the single most influential force in our earthly existence. No price tag can adequately reflect its value.

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  Attitude, Home, Price Tag

  Charles R. Swindoll (1979). “Home, where life makes up its mind”

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• As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I can still hear her voice calling my name to God and telling him that she wanted me to follow him in whatever he called me to do.

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  Mother, Night, Names

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