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“With God, a mountain before me is soon to be a memory behind me.”
“To grow is not to timidly sit on some safe shore at waters edge and clumsily grab whatever happens to float by me. Rather, it is to deliberately step into waters both calm and turbulent in order to...”
“A commitment to never getting knocked down is in reality a decision to never stand up.”
“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.”
“To maximize our lives we think that we should get up and join in the race. Yet, we rarely consider that maybe its less about joining a race and more about actually creating one.”
“When the world does its level best to devalue me in ways that are nothing short of brutal, all it does is evidence my value. For why would it expend such massive amounts of energy attempting to des...”
“Denial is fear gone delusional. Acceptance is fear given to God. Engaging is fear overruled by God. Victory is fear banished by God.”
“I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great.”
“I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them.”
“What Ive yet to realize is that each time I work to avoid that which I fear, I have in that very same action forfeited the blessings that my fear blinded me to. And Ive yet to realize that with God...”
“I want to stand on the foundation of ethics and morals when the world around me would assault that foundation with all of its collective might, and in the standing I want to stand on the truth that...”
“I want to stand on the truth that God has designed us to stand, and that the opportunity to stand is the opportunity to live exuberantly and gloriously.”
“Mediocrity is the companion of passivity and will not heed the call of great things. Courage is the companion of sacrifice and cannot help but heed the call of great things. And we are left of our ...”
“To live safely within the realm of possibility is to know nothing other than that which is possible. To live boldly within the realm of God is to experience everything thats impossible.”
“The only thing I have to wait for to change my life is my attitude.”
“Ive always marveled that geese can feel a call stirring, rise on hardy wings to engage it, and without contemplation, compass or map complete the feat. And could it be that they achieve this astoun...”
“One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the ability to be unleashed? And in retrospect, maybe its not the question thats t...”
“Sacrifice is a passion that unleashes everything away from us so that it can be drawn into everyone around us.”
“We focus on the reasons why we cant at the expense of the far greater reasons why we can.”
“What I do is the truest mirror of who I am.”
