STAY WHIMSICAL.

I knew a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and learned forty percent more about cats than the man who didn’t. – Mark Twain

Spiritual truth is learned through the atmosphere that surrounds us, not through intellectual reasoning. – Oswald Chambers

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. – Max DePree

It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace. – Francis Chan

Empty the coins of your purse into your mind and your mind will fill your purse with coins. – Benjamin Franklin

Growth will always be costly; a new venture will always involve some form of letting go. – Gordon T. Smith

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. – "Hammerin'" Hank Aaron, MLB Hall of Famer

We limit [God] by remembering only what we have allowed Him to do for us in the past. – Oswald Chambers

If all you see are your limitations, you will miss out on the stunning possibilities God is creating in front of you. – Mike Foster

You can make excuses or you can make progress, but you can't make both. – Carey Nieuwhof

We must never forget that what we once were is nothing compared with what we are becoming. – T. D. Jakes

We are inclined to think that everything that happens is to be turned into useful teaching. In actual fact, it is to be turned into something even better than teaching, namely, character. The mountaintop is not meant to teach us anything, it is meant to make us something. – Oswald Chambers

Never settle for where you are currently. – J.P. Moreland

I always found it odd that when Christians talk about desiring to know the deep things of God, they usually mean growing in their knowledge of the Bible. The deep things of God are never academic; they are always intimate. The deep things of God can only be discovered by love. They can only be known by love. We all want the mind of God, but what we need is the heart of God. – Erwin Rapheal McManus, The Genius of Jesus

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