"One of the most beautiful compensations of this life is that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"Pursue a righteous life - a life of wonder, faith, love, steadiness, courtesy. Run hard and fast in the faith." (1 Timothy 6:11-12)
"Don't judge by his appearance or height... The Lord doesn't make decisions the way you do! People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the person's thoughts and intentions." (1 Samuel 16:7)
"You will find, as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others." (Henry Drummond)
"They may think I'm weird. They may think I'm fascinating, but I don't really care. My life is God's. I've crossed the line from the innocent bystander to hardcore participant in what Jesus has called me to do." (Michael Tait;dc Talk)
"If God loved you as much as you love Him, where would you be?"
"If you're going to have a relationship with an all-powerful God, you don't just wake up and live the same way you did the day before!" (Switchfoot)
"I am not not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day." (2 Timothy 1:12)
"Some Christians haven't even attempted to think about whether or not they would die for Jesus because they haven't really been living for Him." (dc Talk)
"You stir man to take pleasure in praising You, because You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You." (St. Augustine)
"You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near." (James 5:8)
"Certainly, in taking revenge, man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior." (Francis bacon)
"Pursue Christ FIRST... The rest will fall into place."
"Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a man has on encouragement, sympathy, and understanding." (John D. Rockefeller Jr.)
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. (John Wooden)
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in Heaven." (Matthew 10:32)
"Everything happens for a reason; nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck."
"Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do; Forgetting what is behind ands training toward what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)
"You may have a fresh start any time you choose; for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but they staying down."
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward, it is the Lord Christ you are serving." (Colossians 3:23-24)
"F A I T H = Forsaking All In Trusting Him"
"I'd rather be disliked for who I am, than liked for who I'm not."
