Quotes from Charles Swindoll

A selfless devotion. High-impact people don't care about who gets the credit, and they never complain about the role they fill.

If your motive is in any way to promote greatness for yourself, you're in the wrong calling.

Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren't. Not really. Most often, the people worth noting are the individuals who turn a "nobody" into a "somebody" but never receive credit.

Goals not bathed in prayer or brought in humility before the Lord turn out to be downright useless. They don't go anywhere. They don't accomplish anything.

Nothing can compensate for a lack of authenticity.

We don't like waiting, but that's when God does some of His best work on our souls.

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.

A warning is in order. Reject any teaching that even suggests material wealth, physical health, or favorable circumstances have anything to do with the amount of faith you have or how pleased God happens to be with you. And beware those who teach that financial donations will unlock an endless abundance of God's blessings. They are false shepherds who will rob you of your money and destroy your relationship with God. The "faith" they proclaim is a toxic faith.

That is the way God works. Without even a hint of warning, He speaks to ordinary people, on ordinary days.

Grace strips away the tin, rips off the masks, helps us to be ourselves so that when we speak of our faith it rings true.

God doesn't mock us. He never gives us a goal that we cannot accomplish in His strength. I want to assure you, you can glorify God, you MUST glorify God. But you have to determine deep within your heart that you're going to do it His way.

Second, always speak the truth without fear.