Charles R. Swindoll

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”

“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.”

“Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.”

“We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”

“Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.”

“We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.”

“Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An all-out commitment to truth.”

“A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.”

“God's heavenly plan doesn't always make earthly sense.”

“Encouragement is awesome. It can actually change the course of another person's day, week, or life.”

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”

“Anything under God's control is never out of control.”

“Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.”

“The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence.”

“If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.”

“Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born with it.”