QUOTATIONS BY STEPHEN JUDD AND OTHERS
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A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. ~ Arnold H Glasow #leadership
All we need to see is one small possibility, one tiny asset, or one insignificant thing that we can offer to God to use and multiply.
A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other! #HappyNewYears
Anybody can bring good out of good, but God can bring good out of bad.
As a leader, focus primarily on the top 20% that only you can do! #leadership #ParetoPrinciple
At 83, noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright was asked which of his works was his most important. He replied, “The next one.”
A young boy, ready for bed, interrupted his family in the living room. “I’m going to say my prayers now. Anybody want anything?” #childlike #prayer
A miracle is something so difficult that only God can do it! Anybody need a miracle?
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Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from negativity.
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Christianity isn’t immune from the dilemma of the unanswerable. Unanswered questions are part of our faith. Perhaps that’s one reason it’s called, “the faith.”
Conceit is the strangest disease in that it makes everyone sick except the person who has it.
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Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do!
Dependability–Doing what I agreed to do, even though it requires unexpected sacrifice.
Discipline is doing what you know you should do when you don’t feel like doing it.
Doing doesn’t usually come from inspiration; inspiration usually comes from doing.
Don’t let it break you. Let it make you.
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. ~ Romans 12:2 MSG
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Even when our faith is small, God can do big things.
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Faith can move mountains, but don’t be surprised if God hands you a shovel.
Faith is not faith merely when it is confirmed by miracles that are visible, and cooperating circumstances. “This is the victory…even our faith” (1 John 5:4).
Finding the will of God is like signing you name to a blank contract and asking God to fill in the terms.
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Give people a piece of your heart rather than a piece of your mind.
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. ~ Jim Elliot
God does His best work in the desert. It’s where Moses was called, John the Baptist did his ministry and Jesus overcame the devil.
God doesn’t give us what we can handle. He helps us handle what we are given.
God is preparing you for what He has prepared for you!
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Helen Keller’s reply when asked what would be worse than being born blind: “To have sight and no vision.”
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If all we had were answers and no questions—if Christianity just contained things we could control and manage, understand or grasp—we wouldn’t need faith.
When it comes to team building, if faced with a choice between skill and attitude, I would choose attitude. Skills can be taught, but not attitude. Prioritize attitude over aptitude. #leadership
If you can’t do great big things, do great little things.
If you will go all in, God will go all out!
I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God. – George Mueller
I made 10 New Year’s resolutions last year. And I kept every one of them…in an envelope in the top drawer of my desk! #NewYearsDay #NewYearsResolution
Individually, we are one drop. Together we are an ocean. – Ryunosuke Satoro
Interruptions are often divinely interjected opportunities. – J. Oswald Sanders
I might not get everything I want for Christmas, but that’s okay—it’s not my birthday!
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. ~ R. Tagore
It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. – Mark Twain
I used to have a book in my library entitled, “Helping People Who Don’t Want Help.” As I recall, it was a very thin book!
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Jesus did not say, “I am finished,” but “IT is finished.” (John 19:30) And there is a glorious difference. #Easter
Jesus is coming soon! Who will be caught up with him then? Those who are caught up with Him now.
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Knowledge is knowing what to say. Wisdom is knowing whether or not to say it.
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Mercy means that God does not give us what we deserve, and grace means that He gives us what we do not deserve. What a loving God He is!
Michael, if you can’t pass, you can’t play. – Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year at UNC. #teamwork
Most “overnight success” stories are about 20 years in the making. ~ Jim Collin
My ears seldom get in trouble.
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Negativity will choose your friends for you.
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Obstacles may be a sign that you’re doing the right thing!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. – Thomas Edison
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Patience is not the ability to wait, but how we act while we’re waiting.
Pray as though it depends completely on God; work as though it depends no completely on you.
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Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. ~ William Penn
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Sometimes we pray for a lighter load, and the Lord says, “No, I’m just going to give you a stronger back!”
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Take care of your character, and the Lord will guard your reputation.
The best way to hear from God? Say YES before He says WHAT. 2
The great use of life is to use it for something that will outlast it. ~ William James
The most insidious and dangerous lies are the ones that are almost true.
There are no “Uh-Ohs” with God. He sees “the end from the beginning.” There may be surprises with us, but not with Him.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ~ Peter Drucker
There’s room at the cross for you. Though millions have come, there’s still room for one. – Ira Stanphill (1946) #GoodFriday
The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
They buried Him in a garden (John 19:41). Big mistake. If you want something to stay dead, you don’t bury it in a garden. #GoodFriday #PassionWeek
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Understanding purpose gives meaning to everything.
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We need to be more concerned about lifting people up than lining people out. Who can I encourage today?
What is your IQ, or Implementation Quotient? Having a good idea is one thing; following through to make it happen is another! #leadership
When it comes to dealing with people, always try your heartest.
When Satan tries to remind you of your past, remind him of his future.
When the character of a person is not clear to you, look at his or her friends.
When we put our cares in God’s hands, He puts His peace in our hearts.
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You are loved by God as though you were His only child.
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. – John Wooden
You give some people a mile and they’ll take an inch.
You may forget the friends with whom you laughed, but you will never forget the friends with whom you cried.