“Love is the fulfillment of the law” (Rom. 13:10) - If we Christians would, through the grace of God, conscientiously obey this one sentence, we would have covered the essence of God’s desire for us. What a difference this would make!
God does not demand of me that I accomplish great things. He does demand of me that I strive for excellence in my relationships. (From The Making Of A Christian Leader)
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform what he has promised, is a traitor to his friend.
“I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.”
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much
The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.
If you want to learn about your need for forgiveness, go to the cross. If you want to learn about forgiving others, hang out there for a while.
