Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
A story without context is like a diamond without a mounting. The stone may be beautiful lying loose on a table, but when it is carefully mounted in the right setting it can dazzle you with its brilliance and sparkling beauty.
Charles R. Swindoll
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Charles R. Swindoll
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: October 18
Clergyman
Pastor
Radio Personality
Tennis Player
Writer
El Campo
Texas
Charles Rozell Swindoll
Charles R. Swindoll
Charles Swindoll
Like
Beauty
Context
Lying
Carefully
Mounted
Story
Settings
Mounting
Beautiful
Stone
Dazzle
Stories
Table
Sparkling
May
Tables
Brilliance
Without
Setting
Loose
Right
Stones
Diamond
More quotes by Charles R. Swindoll
Don't expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances.
Charles R. Swindoll
In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come to Him...that we spend a while thinking about Him, meditating on Him, talking to Him, listening in silence, occupying ourselves with Him - totally and thoroughly lost in the hiding place of His presence.
Charles R. Swindoll
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.
Charles R. Swindoll
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.
Charles R. Swindoll
Think first. Talk less. Start today.
Charles R. Swindoll
One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.
Charles R. Swindoll
It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.
Charles R. Swindoll
Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite heart.
Charles R. Swindoll
While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered.
Charles R. Swindoll
Anyone who influences others is a leader.
Charles R. Swindoll
You see, when we talk about perfect trust, we're talking about what gives us roots, character, the stability to handle the hard times. Trusting God doesn't alter our circumstances. Perfect trust in Him changes us.
Charles R. Swindoll
Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.
Charles R. Swindoll
God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11)
Charles R. Swindoll
Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.
Charles R. Swindoll
Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity
Charles R. Swindoll
When we have God in clear focus, His powerful presence eclipses our fear.
Charles R. Swindoll
To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.
Charles R. Swindoll
It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
Charles R. Swindoll
I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.
Charles R. Swindoll
Jesus' plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say you 'might' be my witnesses, or you 'could' be my witnesses, or even you 'should' be my witnesses. He said you 'WILL' be my witnesses.
Charles R. Swindoll
