Quotes About Renewal

Those who worry about the glass being "half-full or half-empty" often miss out on two important points: (a) the glass is always re-fillable, and (b) there's always a full pitcher around to refill the empty and half-filled glasses, over and over again. In my view, Life offers you millions of opportunities in a pitcher, besides what you already have in your hands. So be smart, grab that full pitcher, continue to refill the glass whenever necessary, and enjoy the party.

Today is the first day of Spring, and about time to bid farewell to Winter. It's true that no Winter lasts forever, and no Spring skips its turn. Enjoy!

You can always re-invent yourself, and make yourself a better person - no matter who you are, and no matter where in the world you come from. Re-invent, always!

Your body is only a garment chosen and worn by your Soul. Have no doubts, but some day your Soul will discard it, and exchange it for a new garment, just like you change your shirts, my friend. Don't fall in love with that temporary garment, and get acquainted with its owner, your Soul.

The end is now the beginning....

My wife was saying to me just the other day how she's noticed a spring in my step lately. That was because I thought you were gone forever.' 'I missed you too, Thurid.

I was changing my head. It feels good to have the old one back on. And now I have a spare, which is nice.

The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.

Revival occurs as a group of people who, on the whole, think they already know the gospel discover they do not really or fully know it, and by embracing the gospel they cross over into living faith.

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.

What the collective age wants allows and approves is the perpetual holiday from the self.

Every generation of children offers mankind the possibility of rebuilding his ruin of a world.

Until you start thinking right, you will never start behaving right. Repentance always deals with the changing of the mind.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When Jesus Christ forgives you of sin, He never brings it back up.

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

When God brings deep conviction and I agree with Him about my condition, God restores my confidence in Him.

I am learning to look at myself differently, to see the scattered remnants of hope and dreams and collect them again.

Learning to live is learning to let go.

Being born again happens in an instant. Learning to live as a child of God takes a lifetime.

Learning to live as a Christian is learning to live as a renewed human being, anticipating the eventual new creation in and with a world which is still longing and groaning for that final redemption.

Live to learn . . . forget . . . and learn again.

There are two sides to increasing energy. One is avoiding loss. The other is learning how to gain energy.

The process is learning to turn your back on everything and everyone and face that immensity. And only after you've done that can you then turn around and face the world again with new, clear eyes.