10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
Charles R. SwindollFaith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.
Charles R. SwindollIt's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.
Charles R. SwindollAllowing anger to seethe on the back burner will lead to a very large lid blowing off a very hot pot.
Charles R. SwindollPeople who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.
Charles R. Swindoll