Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

People are far more important than rigid rules and demanding expectations.

'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor's office to look like a doctor's office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?'

Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view.

The skeptic may deny your doctrine or attack your church but he cannot honestly ignore the fact that your life has been changed.

We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.

GRACE: All you can do is take it.

Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends

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.

Convictions are a matter of choice, not force.

Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, "Lord, this is Your battle."

The devil, darkness, and death may swagger and boast, the pangs of life will sting for a while longer, but don't worry; the forces of evil are breathing their last. Not to worry...He's risen!

Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.

If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word.