"But all at once I realized that it……" — Charles Colson
"But all at once I realized that it was not my success God had used to enable me to help those in this prison, or in hundreds of others just like it. My life of success was not what made this morning so glorious -- all my achievements meant nothing in God's economy. "No, the real legacy of my life was my biggest failure -- that I was an ex-convict. My greatest humiliation -- being sent to prison -- was the beginning of God's greatest use of my life; He chose the one thing in which I could not glory for His glory."
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Charles Colson
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40 Quotes by Charles Colson
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God is dead not because He doesn't exist, but because we live, play, procreate, govern, and die as though He…
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We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with…
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No, you can take it from an expert in cover-ups-I've lived through Watergate-that nothing less than a resurrected Christ could…
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Knowing that we are fulfilling God's purpose is the only thing that gives rest to the restless human heart.
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The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders!
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Tolerance once meant that we could use our reason to discern good and evil in open debate. Today tolerance has…
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Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.
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The BIBLE - banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals…
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The dynamism and freedom that characterizes the West is the product of Christianity's reforming itself and moving forward culturally. The…
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Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is.…
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I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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One of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don't ever get up in the morning…
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More Achievement Quotes
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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