Quotes Tagged "relationships"

Our goal should be to represent Jesus in every situation. When I was dealing with sharks, I didn’t have the answers, but God did.

If you keep your eyes on Jesus and prioritize your walk with Him, you’ll build your life on the right foundation.

The decisions you make every day are either building up or tearing down your life. What you meditate on, what you think about, and how you use your time set the course for your future.

The feeling of obligation can cause you to make bad decisions for your time, family, and destiny.

It’s not always destruction that keeps us from our destiny; it’s distraction.

If you are looking for a pathway to your dreams that won’t require you to have courage, you’ll be looking for the rest of your life.

In all seasons of the unknown, we have a choice to either be a victim in the tension, or enter into a deeper dependency upon God.

Desire is much like fire, it is beautiful and mesmerising, but if unguarded can cause great destruction and loss.

God has a plan for your life. He wants you to get your hopes up and to dream big, but I would not be wrong to tell you that there are going to be situations that come about which are intended by the enemy to hurt you, bother you, hinder you, and keep you back from your destiny...but the journey is worth it.

Your dreams are on the other side of your fears!

There are no short-cuts to your destiny, just one single choice: Am I going to jump in the water?

It’s time to let go of everything that’s held you back, intimidated, or discouraged you in the past. It’s time to be fearless!

If you’re waiting for the perfect opportunity, the perfect training, or the perfect tools before you step out in obedience to God, you’ll be waiting forever.

The one thing every successful person has in common is that they started where they WERE with what they HAD. That’s all they could do, and that’s all you can do too.

Unless you have a plan- a list of your priorities to do- you’re planning to fail.

Exit the land of delusion where falsehood lives like a king. Let the bridge of faith take you places where your caged soul can take wing.

You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you.

You have to believe me without proof. That's what faith is — believing without proof.' They got up from the bank of stones. It was getting late, the shadows lay cool and lengthened on the grass and the tops of the trees had the stillness around them that means the end of the day and its liquidation in the setting sun. They retraced their steps back to the house where his car was parked, and when they passed through the blighted orchard, he picked up an apple for her and she ate it. She didn't even have to look; she knew it would be whole, without worms or decay.

Several times over the years Kate would tell me how she saw Grady in her dreams. In the dream Kate would say to her, “You can't be here, Grady, you died.” Inevitably as she said that, Grady would disappear, poof, just like that. I tried to explain to her that she needed to accept Grady into her dreams. She needed to give Grady permission to stay. Until she did, Grady would have to honor what Kate believed to be true. When Kate said, “You can’t be here,” Grady could not stay. That’s the way it works. A loyal dog obeys its master, even beyond the grave.

Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; yet they never hold their tongues too long, nor keep ardent typing fingers still.