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Moody on Character

Character is what you are in the dark. D.L. Moody

Good at Making Excuses

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else. Benjamin Franklin

Old Faithful and Faithfulness

Old Faithful is not the biggest geyser, nor does it reach the greatest height. Nevertheless it is by far the most popular geyser. Its popularity is due mainly to its regularity and dependability. You can count on Old Faithful. Nothing in life can take the place of faithfulness and dependability. It is one of the greatest virtues. Brilliance, genius, competence ? all are subservient to the quality of faithfulness. Wallace Friday

Garth Brooks on Who You Are

?The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.? Country music star Garth Brooks in Country Music

Sacrificing Integrity for Achievement

?Since most of us would rather be admired for what we do, rather than for what we are, we are normally willing to sacrifice character for conduct, and integrity for achievement.? --Sydney J. Harris, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times (From the collection of Barry St. Clair)

Be Like the Moon, Reflecting the Sun

We are to be like the moon. The moon itself has no light. It merely reflects the sun. We are to be dead to ourselves so we can reflect the Son. (Helene Hawkins)

How God Builds a Person

When God Wants to drill a man and trill a man and skill a man, When God wants to mold a man to play the noblest part; When He yearns with all His heart to create so great and bold a man That all the world shall be amazed, Watch His methods, watch His ways! How He ruthlessly perfects whom He royally elects! How He hammers him and hurts him, and with mighty blows converts him into trial sharps of clay which only God understands; While his tortured heart is crying and he lifts beseeching hands! How He bends but never breaks when his good He undertakes How He uses whom He chooses and with every purpose fuses him; by every act induces him to try His splendor out--God knows what He?s about! (Oswald Sanders)

Using Work to Get People Done

"The kingdom leader doesn't use people to get work done, he uses work to get people done." (David Schroeder, president of Nyack College)

Dogged Attentiveness to Familiar Truths

Bible Scholar Derek Kidner, in his commentary on Proverbs, notes that Solomon repeats over and over his admonition to listen to wisdom. Then, he notes, ??a major part of godliness lies in dogged attentiveness to familiar truths.? (p. 68)

Pat Riley on Unity

Pat Riley, one of the winningest coaches ever, had an incredible season with the Los Angeles Lakers, taking them to the championship in 1980. But the next year, everything fell apart. What happened? They were no less talented than the year before. Why couldn?t they win? According to Riley, they had fallen victim to a terrible disease that he called ?The Disease of Me.? You see, incredible hoopla surrounded Julius Ervin?s game. Other players got jealous, dividing into cliques and ruining their team spirit. As Riley put it, ?Because of greed, pettiness, and resentment, we executed one of the fastest falls from grace in NBA history.? (Written by Steve Miller. Taken from Pat Riley, The Winner Within, G.P. Putnam?s Sons, New York, 1993, pp. 40-52)

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