Charles Swindoll Quotes (10 Quotes)

We have become a generation of people who worship our work, who work at our play, and who play at our worship.

We are often so caught up in our activities that we tend to worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship.

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.

Don't be afraid of outgiving God. It is impossible to do that.

Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

With vision there is no room to be frightened., No reason for intimidation. It's time to march forward Let's be confident and positive

The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past.... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.... we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 what happens to me and 90 how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes.

One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.