“If you want them to bleed you have to hemorrhage.”
This quote was in reference to a leader being passionate about something. I resonate with this quote. It stuck with me. We need more people who are bleeding deeply and dangerously. These are the kinds of wounds that depend on a “Great [...]
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Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Commonly attributed to Frank Law
Character is what you are in the dark.
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), American Evangelist
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters [...]
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Check out this thought by Jeff Myers from the book Handoff (ht: Dan Burrell)
“In the 1400s a weakened Christian culture found itself under constant attack by a growing Muslim culture. As Amurath I, rule of the Ottoman Empire, conquered more and more territory, he decided that if one-fifth of the spoils of battle were [...]
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T.ogether
E.veryone
A.chieves
M.ore
There is no “I” in team.
T.each
E.nforce
A.dvocate
M.odel
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I’m reading a great book by Gary Thomas on marriage. It is called Sacred Marriage. In it there are a lot of memorable quotes but I will give you just one for now.
It is actually by C.J. Mahaney.
“What are you doing each day for your wife that costs you something?” [...]
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“The real business of life is the salvation of human souls.” C.S. Lewis
“When I pray coincidences happen. When I don’t they don’t.” Archbishop Temple
“Confidence is the child of experience.” C.H. Spurgeon
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.” John Maxwell
“When was the last time you sinned because [...]
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You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you (John Bunyan ).
Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As [...]
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“You can impress people from a distance but you can only impact people up close.”
Howard Hendricks
“When tragedy strikes you must trust in the character of God.”
(I don’t know)
“Sin blinds, while preserving the illusion of seeing.”
David Powlison
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