"Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough.……" — Charles R. Swindoll
"Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive."
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246 Quotes by Charles R. Swindoll
Charles R. Swindoll has 246 quotes on this site.
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People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
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The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important…
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The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or…
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If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this…
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In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come…
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The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I…
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If you're running a 26-mile marathon, remember that every mile is run one step at a time. If you are…
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If our perfect Lord is gracious enough to take our worst, and ugliest, our most boring, our least successful, and…
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Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with…
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Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.
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Anyone who influences others is a leader.
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Don't be afraid of outgiving God. It is impossible to do that.
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
— Walter Bagehot
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your…
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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
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That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my…
— Charlie Chaplin
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
— Winston Churchill
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
— Jean Anouilh
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There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous,…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found…
— John Lancaster Spalding
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Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are…
— Charles Spurgeon
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