Quotes from Charles R. Swindoll

When a church is spending more of its budget on media than shepherding, something is out of whack. We have gotten things twisted around.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.

You will find a common dichotomy in life. Those who don't have vision or determination, and refuse to dream the impossible, are always in the majority.

Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.

Don't seek more days in your life but more life in your days.

Not every Christian finds it easy to believe.

The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.

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

Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.

Anyone who influences others is a leader.

No pressure is greater than God's power.

If I had my life to live over, I'd have spent more hours in worship.

The longer I live the more I believe that the greatest enemy of a victorious Christian life is passivity.

Go God's way! His is the most reliable route to follow when life gets complicated. It will have its tough moments, but you will never regret it.

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.

God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.

I don't see life divided into public and private, secular and sacred. It's all an open place of service before our God.

...the single most important issue in all of life (is) your relationship with the living God... how you can know Him in a personal and meaningful way.

The skeptic may deny your doctrine or attack your church but he cannot honestly ignore the fact that your life has been changed.

Joy springs from a life lived with eternity's values in view.