Bill Russell Quotes

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My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars’ worth of work.

Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission.  I truly believe in the saying, “We work to become, not to acquire.”

Bill Russell (born 1934) is a former professional basketball player in the United States.  Before he embarked on a highly successful career in the NBA, he played on teams which won two national collegiate championships as well as an Olympic gold medal.  As a professional player, he played on 11 championship teams with the Boston Celtics.

Charles Stanley Quote

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The Lord wants us to lay down our ways of figuring things out and instead to walk by faith.

From 2 Corinthians 5:6-7:  “So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Smith Wigglesworth Quote

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If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time.

From 1 John 5:14:  “And this is the boldness we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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A healthy fear of God will do much to deter us from sin.  When we have a proper fear of the living Lord, we live a cleaner life.

From 1 John 2:4-6:  “Whoever says, ‘I have come to know him,’ but does not obey His commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys His word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection.  By this we may be sure that we are in Him:  whoever says, ‘I abide in him,’ ought to walk just as He walked.”

Washington Irving Quotes

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There is sacredness in tears.  They are not a mark of weakness, but of power.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing  more.

American Washington Irving (1783-1859) ranks as one of his country’s most renowned authors.  His amazing short stories of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleeping Hollow” remain all-time classics.  Ironically, his final resting place is at the Sleeping Hollow Cemetery in New York state.

Catherine Marshall Quote

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The single most important element in any human relationship is honesty–with oneself, with God, and with others.

From Ephesians 4:24:  “And to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”