You don’t get character because you’re successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.
September 7, 2010
Latest September 7, 2010 Quotes
Growth comes when we aim for our ideal, and not necessarily when we achieve it.
You can’t control the length of your life—but you can control its width and depth.
We must return regularly to silence. The more we dwell in this mysterious realm, source of all beauty, the more we will benefit.
If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you’ll find God.
Service is the rent we each pay for living. It is not something to do in your spare time; it is the very purpose of life.
The truth can set us free, but only if we’re always in the process of discovering it.
God doesn’t want us merely to ‘get through’ our problems. He wants us to ‘grow through’ them.
God loves me just as I am today. He knows all my junk….and lack of faith, and he loves me anyway. However, he loves me too much to leave me the way I am.
Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
Someone once said, ‘Adversity introduces a man to himself.’ For some reason, that’s scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.
