516 Quotes by Charles R. Swindoll

Confidence brings joy when we let God be God.

At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God's promises. To enter our Sabbath rest, we must put an end to self-reliance - trusting in our own abilities to overcome difficulties, rise above challenges, escape tragedies, or achieve personal greatness.

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.

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

Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite heart.

Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.

In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come to Him...that we spend a while thinking about Him, meditating on Him, talking to Him, listening in silence, occupying ourselves with Him - totally and thoroughly lost in the hiding place of His presence.

Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin.

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.