Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.

Someone has said,"Education is going from an unconscious to conscious awareness of one's ignorance."..No one has a corner on wisdom. All the name-dropping in the world does not heighten the significance of our character. If anything, it reduces it. Our acute need is to cultivate a willingness to learn and to remain teachable.

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.

Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn't lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.

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

The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.

Our great tendency in this age is to increase our speed, to run faster, even in the Christian life. In the process our walk with God stays shallow, and our tank runs low on fumes. Intimacy offers a full tank of fuel that can only be found by pulling up closer to God, which requires taking necessary time and going to the effort to make that happen.

It takes faith to find personal significance in your relationship with God rather than how much money you earn, how beautiful you look, how many toys you own, how many trophies you collect, or how much territory you conquer and control.

One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.

God's word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we'll never make it through.

An anniversary says, "Think of the dreams you have weathered together. They are intimate accomplishments."

The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.

The secret to responsible trust is acceptance. Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving, knowing that the confinement of the hedge we're in is good and for His glory. Even though what we're enduring may be painful, it's good simply because God Himself has allowed it.

Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.

When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.

It is in lonely solitude that God delivers His best thoughts, and the mind needs to be still and quiet to receive them.

Anyone who influences others is a leader.

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

Any idol, regardless of its beauty or usefulness or original purpose, is to be set aside so that Christ might reign supreme, without a single competitor.

Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in others. Grace is a gift of the humble to the humiliated. Grace acknowledges the ugliness of sin by choosing to see beyond it. Grace accepts a person as someone worthy of kindness despite whatever grime or hard-shell casing keeps him or her separated from the rest of the world. Grace is a gift of tender mercy when it makes the least sense.

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.

Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological theories that turn churches into relational support groups instead of houses of worship.

When we panic, we instinctively turn to our own internal resources because we doubt Him.

With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It's time to march forward! Let's be confident and positive!

This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness

"Do not lean on your own understanding." That means don't bring in the crutches and lean on them, those crutches that you have designed and made to handle such situations. Stay away from them. Don't lean on them; lean on God.

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

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

Two words will help you cope when you run low on hope: accept and trust.

If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don't you be bothered with him - leave him at the throne.

It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.

Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.

Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial.

The past is over... forget it. The future holds hope... reach for it.

God's heavenly plan doesn't always make earthly sense.

If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today's time. I wouldn't go back if I could.

Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. You look at life's difficulties and tests as God looks at them. You look at family life and child rearing as God looks at them. You interpret current events as God would interpret them. You see the truth even though all around you are deception and lies.