The best inspirational quotes are distributed daily to make a positive difference in your life. Many of these Kevin Rayner has collected for preaching / teaching. You could call some, "Sentence Sermons."
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Relentless, repetitive self-talk is what changes our self-image. --Denis Waitley
Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. Ann Landers
Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life.Kobi Yamada
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power.Lord Alfred Tennyson
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher
May God help us to accept the truth about who we are, no matter how beautiful it is. Macrina Wierderkehr
Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others. --FRED ROGERS
Oscar Wilde
Legendary Irish writer Oscar Wilde was a vibrant figure of late-19th-century society. He was a member of the Aesthetic movement, which upheld “art for art’s sake.” He was known as a finely dressed, decadent, and outspoken man who never tried to blend in with the crowd. Along with famous one-liners like this one, and writing books like "The Portrait of Dorian Gray," he’s well known for satirical plays such as “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Through his comedic works, Wilde mocked the hypocrisies of high society, and let his sharp wit run wild, as it were. He married a woman and became a father, but also had relationships with men, and was famously imprisoned for homosexuality for two years. Wilde lived as his fullest self and openly shared his loves, tastes, and opinions, regardless of what others thought. When we validate and love ourselves, we find we have a true companion for life.
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Discover Your Strengths = You can parent with purpose by helping your child with their self-image. Self-image determines the friends someone hangs around with and even who they marry. The way a person sees others is influenced by how they see themselves. Having a low self-image can hold a person back because they can’t see themselves accomplishing a difficult, worthwhile goal. Help your kids see themselves well, and discover their own strengths. When they pursue those strengths to achieve and experience their own wins, it will build up their self-image. #Self-image
Your Self-Image Determines Your Behavior = You need to allow yourself to see yourself well. If you see yourself as a 5 out of 10, then who you surround yourself with will also be in that category, and you won't go after the 8's, 9's, and 10's. Your self-image determines who you are around, even who you marry. Your behavior is not based on how you see other people, how you see a job, or how you see others—it's entirely based on how you see yourself.
A year of self-surrender will bring larger blessings than fourscore year of selfishness. Anonymous
Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong. Leo Herlihy
Before you let yourself go, be sure you can get yourself back. Roger Allen
Decorate yourself from the inside out Woody Paige
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. Janis Joplin
He is a self-made man and worships his creator. John Bright
He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others. Samuel Johnson
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, But it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anna Freud
If I won't be myself, who will? Alfred Hitchcock
If you are overly concerned with how you're going to be perceived by everyone, then you've disconnected yourself from intention and allowed the opinions of others to guide you. Dr. Wayne Dyer
I've gone to find myself. If I get back before I've found me, please keep me here.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Alexis Carrel
Never explain yourself to anyone. Because the person who likes you doesn't need it, and the person who dislikes you won't believe it. unknown
Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain. Robert Southey (1774-1843), British poet.
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not. Bertolt Brecht, 1933
Risk anything! ...Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Katherine Mansfield
Since God offers to manage our affairs for us, let us once and for all hand them over to His infinite wisdom, in order to occupy ourselves only with Himself and what belongs to Him. J. P. de Caussade
Sorry for my self-confident self Woody Paige
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. Glenn Clark
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us -- that's where it's at. Jesse Owens
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top. O.J. Simpson
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be one's own self. Montaigne
The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. E. E. Cummings
The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? Myrtie Barker
The self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates. Thomas Szasz (1920-) American Psychiatrist
There are more self-marred people in the world than there are self-made. Arnold H. Glasow
Your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. Orison Swett Mard
Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? --MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. --A. C. Benson
Self-trust is the first secret of success. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. --Henri Frederic Amiel
The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back. --Bryant H. McGill
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. --Marcus Garvey
I am a spiritual being... After this body is dead, my spirit will soar. I refuse to let what will rot rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ. --Max Lucado
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. --ALBERT EINSTEIN
Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
Psalm 119:36 Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Proverbs 18:1 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
Galatians 5:23 (ESV) gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
2 Peter 1:6 (ESV) and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV) for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Acts 20:35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 Timothy 1:7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
James 1:27 The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.
Romans 12:3 ESV For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
“To develop others, start with yourself.” — Unknown
“Years ago I stopped worrying about how to grow our church and instead focused on growing me. As I grew me, our church grew.” — Rick Warren (20,000+ people/week)
“It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from their followers.” — Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus
“It is the management of self that should occupy 50% of our time and the best of our ability.” — Dee Hock
“Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers. If you don’t understand that you work for your mislabeled ‘subordinates,’ then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.” – Dee Hock, Founder and CEO Emeritus, VISA International
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. --John C. Maxwell
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly Under your belt, that's real power. Clint Eastwood
Leadership development is self-development.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. Sam Walton
The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity. Mahatma Gandhi
Self-leadership is about awareness, tolerance, and not letting your own natural tendencies limit your potential. --Scott Belsky
A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people. Leadership is not restricted to position and age; it is self-made and influencial. Everyone has this self-leadership quality. --Israelmore Ayivor
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. --Bruce Lee
Pick Your Acts Of Self Discipline = A formula for success: A few acts of self discipline, practiced daily, over a reasonable period of time. Everything worthwhile is uphill. Those acts of self discipline can be large steps or small, baby steps up the hill … The small steps may not appear to make a difference, but they do over time. Where will you end up in a year? Will it be by default or design?
Life is what you make it, so is your journey. If you want to live out your dreams then focus on developing yourself to achieve them. Believe in yourself!
When it comes to life and leadership, one of the wisest pieces of advice comes from John Maxwell: "You have to start with yourself." At first glance, this idea might seem counterintuitive. We often associate growth and progress with working on our relationships, our careers, or our finances. However, John says that these achievements are all rooted in intentionally developing ourselves. After all, we cannot give what we do not have. John teaches that success begins with understanding ourselves and knowing our purpose, vision, and values. We must become the kind of person who can fulfill those ambitions and bring them to reality.
So, in this week’s episode, John Maxwell shares some simple and timeless truths about why we need to start with ourselves. Then, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss John’s lesson, how they’re applying it to their own life and leadership, and why starting with yourself can even build resilience during the toughest leadership seasons.
Are You Motivated By Mastery? = In his book, The Leader’s Greatest Return, John Maxwell discusses what motivates people and how it is important to sit down with your team and learn what motivates them. Mastery is one of the 7 motivations he discusses. A person who is motivated by mastery loves to do things extremely well and exceed expectations. To become a person of mastery, don’t try to master everything, but focus on the one thing that would really benefit your life. When you discover that thing, practice every day, have high expectations, and give 100%.
Proverbs 29:11 A fool always loses his temper, but a wise man holds it back.
Proverbs 25:28 ESV A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Proverbs 16:32 ESV Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Titus 1:8 but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,
Self-assessment is the first step to all assessments.
It's difficult to appreciate the value of others when your own self-assessment is overvalued.
None so empty as those who are full of themselves.
Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously. --ALEX TREBEK
Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim. --LZ Granderson
Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. --Eric Zorn
The unexamined life is not worth living. --Socrates
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? --KATHARINE GRAHAM
He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise. --LAOZI
Don’t Be Overwhelmed By The Opinions Of Others = Your opinion of yourself, your self-confidence, is more important than considering all the opinions of others. Listening to other perspectives is important, but don’t let the opinions of others paralyze you from action. Own the place you have in this world–the part that you play—and do the very best that you can.
You Are Worthy To Be Pursued = Do you allow the people around you to feel worthy? Be a leader who builds up the worth of the people around you and doesn’t pull it down. Make others feel like they matter and are important. Who do you need to tell today how worthy they are and how much they mean to you?
Proverbs 18:1 (MSG) Loners who care only for themselves spit on the common good.
2 Peter 1:6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,
Colossians 3:10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
#Attitude Is The Difference Maker = This week, John Maxwell will share 5 important things to teach your children when parenting with purpose. Parenting with purpose is about leading your children correctly without overcorrecting them. The first focus is attitude. It is important to stress the importance of a good attitude with your children. People with good attitudes—who have a positive attitude during negative times—will do better in life. Life is tough! People who want to succeed should have an attitude of tenacity to overcome life’s difficulties!
Take Ownership = The second way to parent with purpose is to teach responsibility. We all need to learn to take ownership of our mistakes or actions and not place blame on others. Instead of saying “sorry,” say “I’m sorry.” Teach your children to be responsible and take ownership. When we teach responsibility to our children, it leads to their development into mature adults.
Connect With People = The third way to parent with purpose is to focus on relationships and the ability to get along with people. It is important to be good at connecting and relating to other people because the world is composed of people. This ability determines how much others like you and help you. Teach your children how to connect and relate with other people. Relationships are a key to success.
The One Thing That Determines Everything Else | MWM
Discover Your Strengths = You can parent with purpose by helping your child with their self-image. Self-image determines the friends someone hangs around with and even who they marry. The way a person sees others is influenced by how they see themselves. Having a low self-image can hold a person back because they can’t see themselves accomplishing a difficult, worthwhile goal. Help your kids see themselves well, and discover their own strengths. When they pursue those strengths to achieve and experience their own wins, it will build up their self-image. #Self-image
Be God-Centered = You can parent with purpose by teaching your children faith. Show your children how to have a good relationship with God and to know and communicate with Him. As parents we have to be an example of this. Share with your children what God is doing in your life and how he leads you. Be God centered so that your children can see that every good and perfect gift comes from God. #Faith
A Key To Success = The third way to parent with purpose is to focus on #relationships and the ability to get along with people. It is important to be good at connecting and relating to other people because the world is composed of people. This ability determines how much others like you and help you. Teach your children how to connect and relate with other people. Relationships are a key to success.
Pursue Strengths And Win = The fourth way to parent with purpose is to help your children with their self-image. Self-image determines the friends someone hangs around with and even who they marry. The way a person sees others is influenced by how they see themselves. Having a low self-image can hold a person back because they can’t see themselves accomplishing a difficult, worthwhile goal. Help your kids see themselves well, and discover their own strengths. When they pursue those strengths to achieve and experience their own wins, it will build up their self-image.
Be God-Centered = The fifth way to parent with purpose is to teach your children faith. Show your children how to have a good relationship with God and to know and communicate with Him. As parents, we have to be an example of this. Share with your children what God is doing in your life and how he leads you. Be God-centered so that your children can see that every good and perfect gift comes from God.
Own Your Actions = The second way to parent with purpose is to teach responsibility. We all need to learn to take ownership of our mistakes or actions and not place blame on others. Instead of saying “sorry,” say “I’m sorry.” Teach your children to be responsible and take ownership. When we teach responsibility to our children, it leads to their development into mature adults.
Attitude Is The Difference Maker = By parenting with a purpose, you can be the parent that looks at your children and asks how to invest in them correctly without overcorrecting them and majoring on the minor things in life. Focusing on attitude. A good attitude leads to a better life. It is important to have a positive attitude during difficult times. If you are going to succeed in life, you need to have the attitude of tenacity to overcome the difficulties that everyone experiences. Attitude is the difference maker.
Always Take Responsibility = It is important for all people to have a sense of responsibility or to take ownership of their life. You will never do well in life until you take responsibility for your life—for your choices, for who you are, for what you do, for your actions. Take responsibility for the things that happen to you.
Connect, Be Relatable = The ability to get along with people and relate to them is a key part in being successful. By learning to connect with people and relate with people your life will be able to reach its full potential. The world is full of people—the way you connect to them will determine how well they like you, and how much they are willing to help you. Connect, and be relatable.
Your Self-Image Determines Your Behavior = You need to allow yourself to see yourself well. If you see yourself as a 5 out 10, then who you surround yourself with will also be in that category, and you won't go after the 8's, 9's, and 10's. Your self-image determines who you are around, even who you marry. Your behavior is not based on how you see other people, how you see a job, or how you see others—it's entirely based on how you see yourself.
Have Faith = It is important for us to have a good relationship with God and to know Him, to be able to communicate with Him, and have a sense of Him working and living in our lives. We have to be that example. He is the source. Every good and perfect gift comes from Him.
Proverbs 22:6 ESV Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4 ESV Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1-4 ESV Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Colossians 3:21 ESV Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
Exodus 20:12 ESV “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Proverbs 29:17 ESV Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
Philippians 4:13 ESV I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
2 Corinthians 11:17 In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
