Charles R. Swindoll

Charles R. Swindoll

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
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"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
Charles R. Swindoll
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"A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven."
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"It's the most exciting thing to watch God work when I've asked him about something, to listen to him and watch him work. It's like this friendship, and it just grows and grows and grows and grows."
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"I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun."
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"We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely."
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"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
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"It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives."
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"The world has changed and it's going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him."
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"The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail."
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"A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living."
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"You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide."
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"There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak."
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"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children."
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"I am often the brunt of my own humor."
Charles R. Swindoll
"When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic."
Charles R. Swindoll
"The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day."
Charles R. Swindoll
"We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."
Charles R. Swindoll
"[Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you *might* be my witnesses," or "you *could* be my witnesses," or even "you *should* be my witnesses." He said "you *will* be my witnesses."
Charles R. Swindoll
"In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undone all of Israel's previous kings, including His mighty ancestor, King David."
Charles R. Swindoll
"In many (most?) churches there are programs and activities... but so little worship. There are songs and anthems and musicals... but so little worship. There are announcements and readings and prayers... but so little worship."
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