It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!

Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me'.

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

In difficult times, people too often lose the ability to face the future optimistically. They begin to think about their tomorrow's negatively. They forget that the tough times will pass. They concentrate on the problems of today rather than on the opportunities of tomorrow. In so doing, they not only lose the potential of today, they also throw away the beauty of tomorrow.

One classical role of the pulpit in Protestantism has been to 'preach sermons' which imply indoctrination more than education. Within this from of communication, there is an inherent, intrinsic inclination to intimidate, manipulate, and, hence, offend the person's most prized quality of humanness - his dignity.