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You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.

Charles R. Swindoll

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Charles R. Swindoll
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: October 18
Clergyman
Pastor
Radio Personality
Tennis Player
Writer
El Campo
Texas
Charles Rozell Swindoll
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Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.
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God's timing is always on time.
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Only you can determine your choice of attitude. Choose wisely, choose carefully, choose confidently!
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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!
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'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor's office to look like a doctor's office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?'
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I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
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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.
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Anxious. Intriguing word. It literally means, to be divided or distracted. It conveys the idea of being so mentally ill at ease that you cannot do what you need to do because you are so distracted in your thinking.
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What is God looking for? He is looking for men and women whose hearts are completely His - completely.
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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.
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We are in charge of our attitudes.
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Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.
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An anniversary says, Think of the dreams you have weathered together. They are intimate accomplishments.
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Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person's day, week, or life.
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Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, Lord, this is Your battle.
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If our perfect Lord is gracious enough to take our worst, and ugliest, our most boring, our least successful, and forgive them, burying them in the depths of the sea, then it's high time we give each other a break.
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Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.
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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.
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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention.
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