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Opportunity’s Flight

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Hijacking right with wrong
Dark tides of temptation
Gathering amongst stormy seas
Crippling truth in any nation

Flipping integrity
Slippery path ahead
Bending every voice without truth
Transforming character’s beachhead

Hearing thoughts of reason
From truth’s “real” foundation
Standing upon solid granite
Lighting tomorrow’s narration

Lifting hope with each step
Opportunity’s flight
Navigating with renewed peace
Reversing darkness with foresight

From the words of American attorney and later evangelical leader, Charles Colson: “The greatest friend of truth is time; her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility.”

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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States.

John McCain Quotes

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It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy.

We cannot hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.

John McCain (1936-2018) was an American politician and naval officer.

Jesse Owens Quotes

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Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing it.

One chance is all you need.

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an American track and field athlete.  During the 1936 summer Olympics, he became the first athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.

William Arthur Ward Quotes

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The mediocre teacher tells.  The good teacher explains.  The superior teacher demonstrates.  But the great teacher inspires.

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) was an American motivational writer.

Henry Clay Quotes

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Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Henry Clay (1777-1852) was an American lawyer and statesman.  He served in both houses of the American Congress.  He spent his adult life in the state of Kentucky.

 

Brene Brown Quotes

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Compassion is not a virtue–it is a commitment.  It’s not something we have or don’t have–it’s something we choose to practice.

What we know matters but who we are matters more.

Brene Brown (born 1965) is an American researcher and author.  Much of her work has studied courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Ask God.  Trust God.  We are completely dependent on Him for eternal life, for forgiveness, for character, for security.

From Hebrews 6:19-20:  “We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.

William Shakespeare Quotes

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Have more than you you show, speak less than you know.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and theater entrepreneur.

Transformation From Within

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From Titus 2:11-12:  “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly.”

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Creator’s grace at work

Chips away at inner soul

Molding changes with purpose

Character becomes whole

 

Spirit calmly at work

Transformation from within

Leading with heavenly light

Word’s breath no longer thin

 

Savior’s presence at work

Every parable speaks

Teaching with His gentle touch

Mercy leads to each peak

 

Faith’s endurance at work

Nope nurtured in Christ above

Maturing with each seed sown

Confident in His love

 

Man’s faithfulness at work

Warmed by each morning’s sunrise

Following God’s commandments

Integrity shall rise

 

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From Hebrews 6:17-18:   “In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of His purpose, He guaranteed it by an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.”