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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Generosity Quotes

Quotes About Generosity
  • Generosity is a quality that many men admire. But if a prince develops a reputation for generosity, he will ruin his state. A reputation for generosity requires outward lavishness, which eventually depletes all of the prince’s resources. In the end, the prince will be forced to burden his people with excessive taxes in order to raise the money to maintain his reputation for generosity. Ultimately, the prince’s liberality will make the people despise and resent him. ~Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting. --PRINCESS ELIZABETH ASQUITH BIBESCO
  • Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. --Khalil Gibran
  • Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet. --Wayne Dyer
  • Generosity is doing something for someone else and expecting nothing in return.


Putting People First | MWM
The Power Of Generosity = Be generous, especially in times of challenge. Generosity isn’t just about giving money—it’s about putting people first, even when it costs you. True generosity multiplies. What a leader gives away in trust, time, or care always returns in greater measure.




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A Generous Mindset Can Bring You Lots of Joy = Generous people are normally very, very fulfilled. If you have been blessed, the best way to take those blessings is to turn them around and pass them on to others. Selfish people are often unhappy, but unselfish, generous people are always fulfilled and happy. Generous people are serving and living for others. By having an abundance and generous mindset, others will be attracted to you because you put others first.





Comparison Kills Generosity | MWM
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Give Others What You Value = There is no higher level of living than giving without expecting anything in return. People who embody generosity experience incredible freedom and happiness. Comparison kills generosity. The measure of your generosity is based on what you have, not what you give. Don’t let possessions take charge of your mind. If you are enslaved to greed, you cannot lead. 



A Person Who Gives is a Person Who’s Fulfilled
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Be Happy, Be Generous! = The happiest people in the world are generous. People who give are fulfilled. We were created to help one another and to share. When we act out who we are supposed to be, it gives us a sense of fulfillment in following that purpose. Give more to the people you see today!


The Impact of Generosity | MWM
Be Generous, Give Back What You Earn = Be generous with your money. As you are building your life and businesses, always strive to have three sources of income. And then give back what you can financially to others. Being generous with your money allows you to serve others and help those you otherwise wouldn't have been able to help. You can't give what you don't have, and once you earn more, pass it on. 
The Impact Of Generosity = Because of generosity, you can have—or give—the ability and resources to others to do things they wouldn't otherwise be able to do.



Generosity Gives Back To All = By living a generous life, you set aside time and resources to give to others. This practice will not only benefit others, but also benefit you. Based on the practice of tithing, you give 10% of what you have back to God. You need to have an open hand in life in order to give more and accept more in life, giving what you have where it is needed most.

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Generosity is an attitude = Generosity doesn’t have anything to do with blessings or money, it is an attitude. There are people who have very little, but are always sharing what they have with others. There are others who have a lot, but hold on tightly to what is theirs. What kind of person are you? Are you a generous person, opening yourself to receive more?
Generosity Is A Mindset = Generosity isn't about money, it's an attitude. Generosity is the idea that if you keep what you have, you can't have more. But If you open yourself up to give more, you can also receive more.


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A person that owns their money, instead of their money owning them. No matter how much you have, pass along a little bit of wisdom or wealth to help others succeed.





Become a river... allow others to share the greatness with you. Be a giver, it will be your greatest joy, no matter how little or how much you have!



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Acts 2:46 NLT - 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity--
2 Corinthians 8:2 NLT - 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.
2 Corinthians 9:10, 13 NLT - 10 For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. ... 13 As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.
Ephesians 4:7 NLT - 7 However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ.
Philemon 1:6 NLT - 6 And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.
Isaiah 32:8 (NLT) But generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity.
Romans 12:8 The one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Matthew 20:15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you are recognizing [more clearly] the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [His astonishing kindness, His generosity, His gracious favor], that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich (abundantly blessed).
2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
Romans 5:15 But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.
2 Corinthians 9:13 They will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with others through the proof provided by this service.
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Sunday, May 05, 2024

Timing Quotes

Quotes About Timing 

  • Don’t try to rush things that need time to grow.
  • Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. ― Fulton J. Sheen
  • Life is all about timing… the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable… attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It’s all about timing. – Stacey Charter
  • This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. --RALPH WALDO EMERSON





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Don't hold off until tomorrow—today matters—do it now. = Timing is important—the time you have now is the only time you have to act on. People often wait for the right time to make the right decision, but waiting causes us to miss some great opportunities. We overexaggerate yesterday, we overestimate tomorrow, but we underestimate today. Don't hold off until tomorrow—today matters—do it now.



The Difference Between a Foul Ball and a Home Run | MWM
Practice Your Timing, In Leadership = In his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell discusses the Law of Timing, which says that when to lead is as important as what to do and where to go. Success is a lot about timing. This is a difficult law to learn and you can improve your timing with practice! 



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"Do it now" = If there is one thing we've learned during these times, it's that time is precious. Every day is filled with new challenges, new excitement, and new adventures. The lesson here is: live in the moment, stop allowing time to pass. Act today on whatever it is you want to invest in - personal growth, new adventures, new businesses, and so much more!


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Galatians 4:4 NLT - 4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
Galatians 6:9 NLT - 9 So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.
Ephesians 1:10 NLT - 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ--everything in heaven and on earth.
1 Timothy 6:15 NLT - 15 For at just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Action Quotes

Quotes About Action 

  • ...focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson
  • A few dozen act while millions stand impotent. --John Fowles
  • A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage…The fact is that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Sydney Smith
  • A lot of church members who are singing "Standing on the Promises" are just sitting on the premises. 
  • A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day, he can sleep at night and do it again the next day. Albert Schweitzer
  • A ship in a safe harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is built for. William Shedd
  • Act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done by hesitation. Thomas Henry Huxley
  • Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli
  • Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation. Henri Bergson
  • All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. Henry Miller
  • All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. --Aristotle
  • Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --MARK TWAIN
  • And there's a lust in man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame; On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but born and die. Stephen Harvey
  • As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. --ANDREW CARNEGIE
  • Chance favors those in motion. James H. Austin
  • Christian action should be defined as an action of God mediated through a person. ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY BLOOM (1914– )
  • Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. --J.R.R. TOLKIEN
  • Develop your willpower so that you can make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. Brian Tracy (Your Achievement Ezine - Issue No. 153)
  • Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. W.B. Yeats
  • Do real and permanent good in this world. --Andrew Carnegie
  • Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. –THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  • Do what you love, love what you do, and deliver more than you promise. Harvey Mackay
  • Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking questions. Denis Waitley
  • Don't wait for your "ship to come in" and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Get going with something small. Irene Kassorla
  • Each of us must do massive right thinking, take massive right action and get massive right results, right here, right now. Mark Victor Hansen
  • Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
  • Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --WILL ROGERS
  • Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Peter Drucker
  • For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been'. John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Get Real is about you and the things you do and the things you think about. Jeffrey Gitomer
  • I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. Ben Nicholas
  • In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. --THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  • Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. Brendan Francis
  • It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem. Coretta Scott King
  • It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision. William Pollard
  • It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, "What are we busy about"? Henry David Thoreau
  • It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? --Henry David Thoreau
  • It's a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure...you will never know what you can do until you try. However, the sad truth is, that most people never try anything until they know they can do it. Bob Proctor
  • It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness. Bob Proctor
  • Knowledge might be power, but only when you take action. Richard Keeves
  • Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. --ALBERT EINSTEIN
  • Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny. Don Sutton
  • Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. --William James
  • Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference. Mark Victor Hansen
  • Once someone loses belief in his ability to achieve something, he loses the drive to attempt it. 
  • One that would have the fruit must climb the tree Thomas Fuller
  • People who want to retire so they can sit under a coconut tree watching the grass grow baffle me. We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. John Maxwell
  • So what do we do? Anything - something. So long as we don't just sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca Former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation
  • Sometimes you have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down. Kobi Yamada
  • Stop rationalizing, stop stewing. Get up out of your chair and start doing. Denis Waitley
  • Stop stewing and start doing! Denis Waitley
  • Success is dependent upon the glands--sweat glands. Zig Ziglar
  • Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, & try another. But by all means, try something. Franklin D Roosevelt
  • Take action every day - some small dose at a time. Jeffrey Gitomer
  • Taking the easy way out can often lead to results that are not so easy to handle. Doing nothing is easy to justify and easy to implement, but in the long run it ends up being a difficult, burdensome way to live. 
  • The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Richard Cushing
  • The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. Jim Rohn
  • The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. David Lloyd George
  • The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. Amelia Earhart
  • The most drastic and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action. William Burnham
  • The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything. Denis Waitley
  • The path to success is to take massive, determined action. Anthony Robbins
  • The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure thing boat never gets far from shore. Dale Carnegie
  • The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.  Chinese proverb 
  • The shortest answer is doing the thing. --Ernest Hemingway
  • The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. Norman Schwarzkopf
  • There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner. Denis Waitley
  • There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad. Hazrat Inayat Khan
  • To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. Rene Descartes
  • Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. Dr. Seuss
  • Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny. --MARGARET THATCHER
  • What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do. John Ruskin
  • Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible. --DORIS LESSING
  • When the heart is right, the feet are swift. THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743–1826)
  • Where belief is painful, we are slow to believe. Ovid
  • Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values. Jim Rohn
  • You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless. Caroline Myss
  • You miss 100% of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretsky
  • You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
  • You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor. Jim Rohn


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There is No Success Without Action | MWM
Success Requires Action = Application is an everyday essential for your personal growth. No matter how much you learn, reflect, write, or share, nothing happens without action. When you take action, you build traction, and attract people, places, things, opportunities, and resources that will help you succeed.


MWM | WHEN DIRECTION MEETS DISCIPLINE
Don’t wait—take action today = In his new book From Drift to Drive, Chris talks about the power of action—when direction meets discipline. Growth comes from taking consistent, committed action, even if it’s not perfect. Too often, people wait for clarity or courage. Don’t wait—take action today.



There is No Success Without Action
Success Requires Action = Application is an everyday essential for your personal growth. No matter how much you learn, reflect, write, or share, nothing happens without action. When you take action, you build traction, and attract people, places, things, opportunities, and resources that will help you succeed. 



The Slightest Action is Worth More Than Every Last Word
Be Leaders Of Action = Action makes things happen. It is getting up and acting on what you believe, not relying on feelings, sentiments, or words. Isaiah 41 says, “they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength.” But it is important to understand that waiting doesn’t always mean to sit still … At a restaurant a waiter waits on the tables, but is very active. Waiting on the lord means to be active and busy as you allow God to work in your life. Our waiting today needs to be active service.



Take What You Have and Do Something With It
Activate Powerful, Positive Change = Inside a leader there is a propensity to do something, a passion to make something happen. Take what you have, and do something with it. To the person who has been given much, much is required. This means we need to activate and make the world a better place because everyone deserves to be led well.



Today’s Actions Lead to Tomorrow’s Results
Today’s Intentions Link To Tomorrow’s Successes = Our actions today link to our results tomorrow, and our results tomorrow link to our actions the next day. If you want results tomorrow, realize the link to today’s action. If you want results next year, realize the intentionality needed today. We are better because of links. What will your link be today for a better tomorrow? 


The Greatest Success in Communication is Action - THE LAW OF RESULTS
Take Action! - The greatest success in communication is action. Good communicators want the audience to apply and multiply. They add value to leaders who multiply value in others. Have a plan for growth and take action. You need to take action in order to gain traction to move forward.


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Act Your Way Into Greatness = Is there something you've been holding off on, but know you need to do? The more you wait, the longer it will take to happen. Great things will happen as soon as you take action.


Don't be a Benchwarmer
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Don't be a Benchwarmer = There is no better time than now. Don't wait for life to pass you by, take action today! In order to make something happen, you must act on it. 






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Evaluate your daily actions.
Are they helping you achieve your goals or holding you back? 
Make conscious choices to prioritize what truly matters. 


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James 1:15 NLT - 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
James 2:14, 21-22, 25 NLT - 14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don't show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? ... 21 Don't you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. ... 25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.
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Friday, April 26, 2024

Prayer Quotes

Quotes About Prayer 

  • • Practice hard. • Play harder. • Pray hardest. --
  • 1) Think positively 2) Exercise daily 3) Eat healthily 4) Work hard 5) Stay strong 6) Worry less 7) Pray more 8) Be happy --
  • A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel. --
  • A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. Leonard Ravenhill
  • A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Charles H. Spurgeon
  • As long as I can I will look at this world for both of us. As long as I can I will laugh with the birds, I will sing with the flowers, I will pray to the stars, for both of us. Sascha, posted on Motivating Moments
  • Before every major event in His life, we find Jesus stealing away to the secret place of prayer. Brian Zahnd --
  • Before you pray: BELIEVE Before you speak: LISTEN Before you spend: EARN Before you write: THINK Before you quit: TRY Before you die: LIVE --
  • By becoming the answer to someone's prayer, we often find the answers to our own. --
  • Do not be discouraged at your faults; bear with yourself in correcting them, as you would with your neighbor. Lay aside this ardor of mind, which exhausts your body, and leads you to commit errors. Accustom yourself gradually to carry prayer into all your daily occupations. Speak, move, work, in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be. --François Fénelon
  • Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. --
  • For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered. --Nancy Parker Brummett
  • Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positi
  • Four things for success: work & pray, think & believe. --Norman Peale
  • God only gives three answers to prayer: 1. 'Yes!' 2. 'Not yet.' 3. 'I have something better in mind. 
  • God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. Mother Teresa
  • God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him. --Coventry Patmore
  • I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
  • I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. --JEAN INGELOW
  • If the church wants a better preacher, it only needs to pray for the one it has.
  • If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them. John Owen
  • If you have faith when you pray, you will be given whatever you ask for. --Matthew 21:22
  • Jesus understood the connection between prayer and power. --Brian Zahnd
  • Know this above all else, God hears and answers every one of your prayers. --
  • Live simply. Love generously. Speak truthfully. Pray daily. Leave everything else to God.
  • Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy, Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray, Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day. Jan Struther
  • Lord please give me the patience to listen, the courage to speak, the honor to follow, and the wisdom to lead.
  • Never undertake anything for which you would not have the courage to ask the blessing of Heaven. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
  • Once a believer finds strength in prayer, the game is over for Satan. --Max Lucado
  • People won't get on your nerves if they're on you heart! "God forbid I sin against the Lord by not praying for you" 1 Sam 12:2 --
  • Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you. --
  • Pray for a good harvest, but keep on plowing. Nancy Otto
  • Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray Bishop Charles H. Brent
  • Pray, and let God worry. Martin Luther
  • Pray, forgive yourself, appreciate others, listen to your gut, do things you enjoy, & remind yourself that we are all loved & connected. --
  • Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. --
  • Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone; with Him who alone can deliver us from solitude. --Georges Lefevre
  • Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. --MAHATMA GANDHI
  • Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit. S. D. Gordon
  • Prayer: Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!
  • Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. --EPICURUS
  • See each problem as an invitation to prayer. John Ortberg --
  • So, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe, that you have received it, & it will be yours. --Mark 11:24
  • The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered because they go unasked. Mark Batterson --
  • The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for. --Albert Schweitzer
  • The only way to worry about nothing is to pray about everything. Unknown
  • The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God! --Matthew Henry
  • The tearful praying Christian, whose distress prevent his words, will be clearly understood by the Most High. --Charles H. Spurgeon
  • The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. William McGill
  • There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. Brother Lawrence
  • To pray is to change. Richard Foster
  • To pray is to let go and let God take over. --Phil. 4:6-7
  • vely. Pursue persistently. William A. Ward
  • We pray out of our ignorance, but God answers out of His omniscience. --Mark Batterson 
  • We who by our prayers destroy all demons which stir up wars, violate oaths, and disturb the peace are of more help to the emperors than those who seem to be doing the fighting. Origen
  • When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't. --THOMAS EDISON
  • Wishing will never be a substitute for prayer. Ed Cole
  • You can do more than pray, but can't do more until you pray. 
  • Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy. --LAURENCE STERNE
  • I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. --FREDERICK DOUGLASS
  • Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.



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Pray Without Ceasing = Pray without ceasing. Instead of setting aside time to talk to God, have ongoing, continual conversations with God—not formal, not long, not complicated, just from your heart—where you are, what you're thinking, what you're seeing, and what you're encountering at that moment.



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James 5:15-16 NIV - And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
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Quotes About Communication 




  • A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.
  • Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening. --Emma Thompson
  • Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. --Jim Rohn
  • Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. --Frank Moore Colby
  • Everyone Communicates Few Connect
  • Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.  Jack Welch
  • I'm trying to communicate here. I'm a communicator, I like to communicate, and if a million people buy it then we've touched a million people, if only 10 people buy it, then we've only touched 10, and that's important because I'm satisfied with only 10. But, I love a million. --Graham Nash
  • I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. --Maya Angelou
  • People are entitled to their opinions and should be free to do so as long as they articulate their feelings with respect for others. But when people decide to share their opinions in a way that is meant to hurt another person's feelings, that is when they become haters.
  • Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more. --Pat Summitt
  • Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.  Thomas Sowell
  • The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. --J. B. Priestley
  • The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. --Peter Drucker
  • The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. --George Bernard Shaw
  • The transfer of information in any form between people. 
  • Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know. --CULLEN HIGHTOWER
  • Saying nothing sometimes says the most. --EMILY DICKINSON









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Communicators Live What They Communicate | MWM
Communicators Live What They Communicate = Great communicators live what they communicate. Words matter, but actions matter more. When what you say aligns with what you do, your words gain power and credibility. When they don’t, your message loses impact — and your integrity comes into question.



The Most Valuable Skill | MWM
Improve Your Communication For Next-Level Results = Communication is one of the best skill sets that you can develop as an individual. It will help you grow in your relationships, improve your teams, and take your organization to the next level. Work to improve in this area and see the amazing results!



Are You Instructing, Directing, or Connecting? | MWM
Connect When You Communicate = Communication is about connecting. A speaker’s responsibility is to connect their message with the people listening. You are communicating for the benefit of others. A great communicator doesn’t listen to respond, but listens to connect.  Communication will make others better when we connect to communicate rather than communicate to direct. 



Your Message Moves Farther When You Show AND Tell - THE LAW OF VISUAL EXPRESSION 
People Do What People See = Show and tell is better than tell. A picture is worth a thousand words, but if you show a picture and communicate with words at the same time, it is life-changing. People do what people see. When your audience hears and sees your message, it doubles the strength of what you communicate.


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The One Skill You Need To Have = Everyone communicates, but few connect. If you can have one skill to determine your success in life, the one skill you would want to develop and build up your life, it would be communication. Almost everything depends on your ability to not only communicate, but to communicate well.
Everyone communicates, but few connect. If you can have one skill to make you successful in life, the skill that you want to develop and build up in life is communication. Every day, we have to communicate, and almost everything depends on our ability to communicate and to communicate well. Everyone communicates, but few connect. When you communicate, say words that help you connect with others.
It's All About Others = "Get over yourself." It's as simple as that. Make it about others by adding value to them, not you.






Actions speak louder than words—it’s true. Sometimes, you are speaking your loudest when your mouth is completely shut. It’s all in your attitude. What is your attitude saying about you? Are you communicating care and value to others, or are you simply raining on their parade?





Communicate Like A Leader: Live with Roddy Galbraith
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In the third of four stops on our Maxwell Leadership City Tour, Mark Cole and world-renown speaker and communication expert, Roddy Galbraith, talk about how to communicate like a great leader. Everyone has something to say, but not everyone knows how to communicate it.
Key takeaways:
- The better we get at communicating, the better we get at life
- Everyone has something to say
- Much of communication is about listening



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You're Not Talking, But You're Still Communicating = Actions speak louder than words—it’s true. Sometimes, you are speaking your loudest when your mouth is completely shut. It’s all in your attitude. What is your attitude saying about you? Are you communicating care and value to others, or are you simply raining on their parade?



How Great Coaches Communicate
In this episode, John Maxwell teaches us how great coaches communicate! Whether you coach in sports, in business, or even in your family, this episode will give you a playbook for motivating your team to reach their next level of performance. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss practical ways you can apply this to your life and leadership. 
Key Takeaways:
- “It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear.” –Red Auerbach 
- Information = giving out
- Communication = getting through


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Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one. 
Ephesians 4:29 (MSG) Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Ephesians 4:29 ?No rotten word must proceed? from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear, 
Ephesians 4:29 ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
James 1:19 ESV Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Proverbs 12:18 ESV There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 15:1 (MSG) A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire.
Proverbs 15:2 ESV The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Proverbs 16:24 (MSG) Gracious speech is like clover honey— good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body.
Proverbs 18:13 (MSG) Answering before listening is both stupid and rude.
Proverbs 18:2 ESV A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 18:21 (MSG) Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.
Psalm 141:3 ESV Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Psalm 19:2 Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge.
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