516 Quotes by Charles R. Swindoll

Discipline is training that corrects and perfects our mental faculties or molds our moral character. Discipline is control gained by enforced obedience. It is the deliberate cultivation of inner order.

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

When you pray, pray so that you may know Him. When you seek to simplify, do it as a means of knowing Him more. When you surrender, or behave with humility or sacrifice, do it with the sole purpose in mind to know Him.

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.

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

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.

We aren't just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose

What sets Christian spiritual activity apart from all other religions is that they have knowledge of Christ as their goal; not moral perfection (although you will become more moral), not tranquility (although your life will be remarkably more peaceful). And because of the grace you have in Christ, the disciplines will do nothing to make you more accepted by the Father. You cannot be more accepted than you already are in Christ, since He has already done it all for you!

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.