It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.
Everyone would like to have stronger faith. By themselves, the scriptures may not strengthen your faith, but being faithful to what they teach, does. In other words, faith cannot be separated from faithfulness.
When people point fingers at someone else, they should remember that three fingers are pointing back at them.
Some people will dream big dreams while others will wake up and do them.
The average American watches more than four hours of television per day. What would happen if we spent more time developing our talents than watching others develop theirs?
We’re not thinking straight if we say we want to be like Jesus but we don’t want to go through anything Jesus went through!
Every choice you make has a consequence, every one. It’s mathematic. It cannot fail; it never fails.
Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life’s hard.
I suppose that one of the greatest benefits of studying Isaiah is the process of studying Isaiah. Searching the scriptures puts you in a pondering, searching frame of mind in which inspiration can come, allowing you to find ways to apply scriptural truths to your life.
Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.
Isaiah taught me that the Lord is very persistent with his people.
One way we could describe the struggle of life would be to say it is a battle between agency and addiction. Agency is our power to choose, and addiction is what happens when we have lost that power and we are controlled by something else.