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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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. --HENRY ADAMS
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -- Benjamin Franklin
Those that know, do. Those who understand, teach. --Aristotile
Teach a child how to think, not what to think. -- Sidney Sugarman
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. --Horace Mann
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see. --ALEXANDRA K.TRENFOR
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. --James Truslow Adams, American Historian (1878-1949)
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. --John Adams, American President (1735-1826)
America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live. --Jane Addams, American Activist (1860-1935)
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds. --Frederick W. Robertson
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. --Margaret Fuller
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. --SOCRATES
Have A Hunger To Learn = When the student is ready, the teacher appears. Leaders should work to share an experience rather than just teaching it. A really good teacher makes the student part of the lesson, instead of trying to make the lesson part of the student. Teach well by sharing what you know with others.
Have Something Worth Saying = When you have something worth saying people will listen. How can you make content weighty and life-changing? The best content involves education, action, entertainment, and connection. Use these 4 things when you communicate and make your audience feel like they are a part of something … Your communication will advance to the next level.
Acts 1:1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
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,
Colossians 3:16 ESV Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Psalms 25:4 (MSG) Show me how you work, God ; School me in your ways.
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.
Proverbs 23:12 NLT Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Psalm 32:8 ESV I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ESV And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Exodus 18:20 ESV And you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.
#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.
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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
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.
Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever. --Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman (1543-1616)
It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. --James Madison
God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow, Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know. Teach me sweet forbearance when things do not go right So I remain unruffled when others grow uptight. Teach me how to quiet my racing, rising heart So I might hear the answer You are trying to impart. Teach me to let go, dear God, and pray undisturbed until My heart is filled with inner peace and I learn to know your will. --Helen Steiner Rice
1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a preference in the mind. The forbearance of sin is followed with satisfaction of mind.
2. Command of temper; restraint of passions.
3. The exercise of patience; long-suffering; indulgence towards those who injure us; lenity; delay of resentment or punishment.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering? Rom 2.
Proverbs 25:15 (MSG) Patient persistence pierces through indifference; gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.
Proverbs 25:14 (MSG) Like billowing clouds that bring no rain is the person who talks big but never produces.
Romans 3:25 - whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Romans 2:4 - Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
Jeremiah 15:15 - O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach.
Job 16:6 - “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. Alan Dershowitz
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn by no other way. Mark Twain
As long as you live, keep learning how to live. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2 BC-65 AD); Roman philosopher.
Dear Lord, either quiet the waves or lift me above them; it's too late to learn to swim Mary Crowley
Don't listen to other people's negativity: they filter through their own experiences. Learn to trust your own feelings. Ginger Purdy
Education is what you have left over after you have forgotten everything you've learned.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. --SOCRATES
Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.
For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn. Walter C. Sellar (1898-1951), British humorist (On April 5, 1887, Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller)
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. Gale Sayers
If I have learned one thing in this life, it is that God will not tie my shoes without me. Doug Boyd
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus (1913-1960) French Writer
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Forst
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. Eric Hoffer
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
I've learned that an insatiable curiosity is important to never feel old. Unknown (age 79)
I've learned that parents are very hard to live with. Unknown (age 12)
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper (1731 - 1800); English poet.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself. --ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Learn to say "no." It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. Charles H. Spurgeon
Learn to write your hurts in sand. Learn to carve your blessings in stone!
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams
Learning is the best of all wealth; it is easy to carry, thieves cannot steal it, and tyrants cannot seize it; neither fire nor water can destroy it; and far from decreasing, it increases by giving. The Naladiyar
Learning never exhausts the mind. --LEONARDO DA VINCI
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them. Harold J. Smith
My mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.' Paula Poundstone
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); US politician and scientist.
The hardest thing in life is to learn which bridge to cross and which to burn. Laurence J. Peter
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. --DR. SEUSS
The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous. Margaret Fontey
The quickest way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks. John Rooney
The true order of learning should be: first, what is necessary; second, what is useful; and third, what is ornamental. To reverse this arrangement is like beginning to build at the top of the edifice. Lydia H. Sigourney
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. Anthony de Mello
We are taught that older women are supposed to teach the younger ones. The difficulty lies when the younger ones think they know it all and have no more to learn from the older ones.
We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. Lloyd Alexander
Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. Philip Dormer Stanhope
When you are through learning, you are through leading.
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. Indira Gandhi
Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn. --ALBERT EINSTEIN
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. --WILLA CATHER
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. --ALVIN TOFFLER
The test of a student is not how much he knows, but how much he wants to know. --ALICE WELLINGTON ROLLINS
Learning never exhausts the mind. --Leonardo da Vinci
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. --John F. Kennedy
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. --Confucius
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. --Henry Ford
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. --John Wayne
Share What You Learn To Spark Growth In Others = Developing leadership agility begins with a commitment to continuous learning. When we stop learning, we stop growing. Agile leaders constantly seek new information, skills, and insights for themselves and encourage their teams to do the same. With a focus on growth, teams continue to evolve, improve, and stay competitive. This week, commit to learning something new related to your industry or leadership skills!
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The First Step To Growth = The Power of 5 is the everyday essentials that can help you grow and become successful. One of the 5 essentials for personal growth is learning. People who love to learn will grow and become better. You don’t have to know everything, but you have to know the main things.
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Always Keep Learning = Always keep learning so that you always have something to share with others. The key to learning and growing is intentionality. Intentionally commit to growing in specific areas. What are the key ingredients necessary for your success? Focus on those areas in your growth and learning. #Intention
Learn From Your Problems = The sixth principle of problem solving is believing there is always a lesson in every problem. If you approach a problem correctly, it can make you better and lift you up. When we fail, we only lose if we don't learn. Next time you have a problem, find out what the lesson is and apply it to your life. #learn
5 Pillars of Success and 1 Thing That Connects Them
The First Step To Growth = The Power of Five is the everyday essentials that can help you grow and become successful. One of the essentials for personal growth is learning. People who love to learn will grow and become better. You don’t have to know everything, but you have to know the main things.
Learn From Your Losses = In this week's Book Of The Week,Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn, John Maxwell talks about 3 vital things that allow us to learn from our losses: setbacks, adversity, and responsibility.
If we have the right mindset, a setback can be a set up. When you lose ground, you can set yourself up to not only regain that ground, but go higher.
We all experience adversity, and through our adversity we can learn to overcome challenges.
It is important to take responsibility in life, no matter where you are.
Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn is a positive, mental attitude book about failure, and the best part is, there is a version of this essential book for all ages. To discover more about how to learn from your losses, order the bundle of all three versions (Adult, Teen, and Kid) here.
Learn Things You Don’t Know so You Can Do Things You Haven’t
Learn New Things So You Can Do New Things = We can learn everyday, in every experience. People who love to learn stay young their entire lives. Keep learning, stay hungry, be curious, keep growing.
Chew the Bone = Do you ever have a daily thought and think to yourself how incredible it might be if you shared it with someone? Why don't you? Take a group of individuals and share your idea, then, watch it turn into new thinking that you never thought of before!
Lessons Learned From Our Problems = There is a lesson in every problem. If you approach your problems correctly, they can make you better and lift you up. The key to knowing if your problem was successful is to ask yourself what you learned—what was the lesson. The lessons learned from each problem we face help make us better people.
Matthew 9:13 NLT - 13 Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.' For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners."
Matthew 13:56 NLT - 56 All his sisters live right here among us. Where did he learn all these things?"
Matthew 16:17 NLT - 17 Jesus replied, "You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.
Matthew 24:32 NLT - 32 "Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.
A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Les Brown
Christians seeking social justice have a special responsibility. Much more is required than the bringing of aid to people who are homeless and in need, and contributing to their support. There are real dangers to be faced. It must never be allowed to appear that charity is dispensed to the unfortunate by superior beings... Much greater care must be taken to identify the giver with those whom he comes to serve. A. C. MacInnes
Every time you take responsibility FOR someone, you take responsibility FROM them, creating dependency & weakening them. Rick Warren
Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities. Napoleon Hill
Good listeners are ear responsible Woody Paige
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expect of you. Henry Ward Beecher
Hope in the future is not a license for irresponsibility in the present. Max Lucado
I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music. --JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities; it is because he has not sought them out. Mary Lyon (1797-1849)
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. Les Brown
I'm cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Woody Paige
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. --MOLIÈRE
My insecurities don't absolve me of responsibility. Priscilla Shirer
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team. Don Shula
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it. John Steinbeck
The best way to learn to be an honest, responsible adult is to live with adults who act honestly and responsibly. --CLAUDIA JEWETT
The buck always stops with us. We step into our power when we accept responsibility for our lives. Donna
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty & responsibility, & it gives me back fulfillment & peace. Michael Jordan
The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill
To complain is to not take responsibility for your life. Donald Miller, Father Fiction
To the victor belong the responsibilities. Al Bernstein
We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds that fly over the seed plot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling John Churtom Collins
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. Earl Nightingale
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact. Jean-Paul Sartre
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. Martin Luther
You are responsible for what you do to others and for what you allow others to do to you.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Abraham Lincoln
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. --PETER DRUCKER
Don’t Make Excuses = Personal responsibility is a key ingredient to being successful. It is a success starter, while excuses are success stoppers. Taking personal responsibility allows us to improve ourselves. Don’t blame the situation, or other people, for a problem. Accept the consequences—actions and inactions have consequences that we can learn from. Practice this, and see yourself grow into a better leader.
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.
There is No Connection Between Excuses and Success
Own Your Mistakes = In this week's Book Of The Week, Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn, John Maxwell talks about responsibility, which is one of the vital things that allows us to learn from our losses. If you don’t take responsibility for your mistakes, mess-ups, and losses, you will never fix them and improve yourself. It is easier to go from failure to success than to go from excuses to success. The only way to eliminate excuses is to take responsibility.
Take Responsibility for Your Actions = People love to be empowered, but need to embrace the responsibility. When you are empowered to do things in life, the key is to take responsibility for it and follow through—whether that is taking responsibility for failure, or being the one to acknowledge its successes. Be responsible every time.
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.
Isaiah 9:6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
2 Corinthians 8:13 For it is not [intended] that others be relieved [of their responsibility] and that you be burdened [unfairly], but that there be equality [in sharing the burden]—
1 Corinthians 9:17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
1 Peter 5:2 shepherd and guide and protect the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not [motivated] for shameful gain, but with wholehearted enthusiasm;
Galatians 6:5 ESV For each will have to bear his own load.
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.
1 Corinthians 3:8 ESV He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
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.
Romans 12:6-8 ESV Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 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.
