516 Quotes by Charles R. Swindoll

When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don’t just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.

Humility – the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self – is, at its core, a matter of faith.

I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today’s time. I wouldn’t go back if I could.

Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don’t waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.

If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.

Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day, week, or life.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.

If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be bothered with him – leave him at the throne.

The glory of God is a man fully alive, and the life of a man consists in beholding God.