Our emotions often stand in direct opposition to our faith in the Lord and what He is achieving for us.


Charles F. Stanley

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CHARLES F. KETTERING
A problem well stated is a problem half solved
CHARLES F. KETTERING
The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.
CHARLES F. KETTERING
I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one to be able to do t...
CHARLES F. KETTERING
Faith and belief are not measured by the size of the miracle but the integrity of our soul.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, which often leads to long-term gains. The mis...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
The statement at the core of all disagreements: I’m right, you’re wrong.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Make sure when you reach for the stars, you keep both feet firmly planted on the ground.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
When we constantly react to assumptions and hearsay, bad things happen.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Live your everyday extraordinary!
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Habits are familiar and comfortable, putting our reactions on autopilot and often leading us, instea...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Habits are a way of life and often define our lives. Habitually miserable? You’ll see misery in mo...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Why are habits so hard to break? Because the cells on our insides get accustomed to what we are doin...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
If kindness and compassion opens the door to manipulation, it is time to take your business elsewher...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Before you save the world, make sure your own house is in order.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
The seeds of happiness can grow from one thought, one idea, one simple change in focus.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
The more you choose to focus on the positive, the more positive will come into focus. The choice is ...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Although some say it is both a blessing and a curse to feel so deeply, I will take sensitivity over ...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
I find it extremely frustrating that those who strive for prestige get a free pass on the bad behavi...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and disco...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
I believe having a vision in mind, a goal let's say, is a good thing. Unfortunately, so many of us a...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you…unless you believe them. Then...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
The only certainty in life is that it is uncertain.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Thoughts close more doors then they open. This causes limitation.
Action opens more doors then...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Usually when someone is angry, all we hear are their angry words. Instead, try hearing the unspoken,...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Anxiety and depression, and the physical symptoms they cause, are merely distractions and smokescree...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
When I feel threatened, vulnerable, or insecure, whether it from simply walking into a room of unkno...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
A nice warm shower, a cup of tea, and a caring ear may be all you need to warm your heart.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Before I can become an expert on anything, I must first become an expert on me.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
Fear and anxiety many times indicates that we are moving in a positive direction, out of the safe co...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
When bad strikes, most likely you will not get an answer when you ask, “Why?”
Your strengt...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
We attract what we are prepared to receive.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN
I would like to point out that June 13 was probably the most anxious day of Michael Jackson's life. ...
CHARLES F. GAY JR
It's so hard to get a dismissal at this early stage. But we think this whole thing was conjured up b...
CHARLES F. GAY JR
They have no facts or evidence to support the claim of repressed memory.
CHARLES F. GAY JR
The order of June 13 did not get in the proper people's hands because of the chaos in Michael Jackso...
CHARLES F. GAY JR
One attempt to reconcile the Gnostic doctrine [of the unreality of evilness] of matter with the apos...
F. F. BRUCE
Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877 The truth of Christ's supremacy over al...
F. F. BRUCE
The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writi...
F. F. BRUCE
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bi...
F. F. BRUCE
My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when...
STANLEY HAUERWAS
I've always loved to play games, and face it: investing is one big game. You need to be decisive...
STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER
If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.
STANLEY KUBRICK