Quotes from Charles Swindoll

Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.

How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success.

Vision is the ability to see God's presence, to perceive God's power, to focus on God's plan in spite of the obstacles.

Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitaable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

Someone has said,"Education is going from an unconscious to conscious awareness of one's ignorance."..No one has a corner on wisdom. All the name-dropping in the world does not heighten the significance of our character. If anything, it reduces it. Our acute need is to cultivate a willingness to learn and to remain teachable.

Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it.

Thoughts, positive or negative, grow stronger when fertilized with constant repetition.

The secret lies in how we handle today, not yesterday or tomorrow. Today... that special block of time holding the key that locks out yesterday's nightmares and unlocks tomorrow's dreams.

Every achievement worth remembering is stained with the blood of diligence and scarred by the wounds of disappointment

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

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change.

Nothing touches me that doesn't first pass through the hands of my Heavenly Father, nothing.

Everything that happens to me is designed to better prepare me for serving others, everything!

To make a lasting impact on the world's system, one must be distinct from it, not identical to it.

Giants Big things. Things that buffet, bluster .....and defy domination. Dark things. Ominous shades that blight, blacken ....and blot out the Sun

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity.

The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.