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1 " We don't forget that we are Christians. We forget that we are human, and that one oversight alone can debilitate the potential of our future. "
― , Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion
2 " Prayer is thinking deeply about something in the presence of God. "
3 " Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first. "
4 " I came across a contemporary version of the twenty-third Psalm entitled “Psalm 23 Revisited.” In it, the author captures perfectly where many of us are today: The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest. It makes me lie down only when exhausted. It leads me into deep depression, it hounds my soul. It leads me in circles of frenzy for activities’ sake. Even though I run frantically from task to task, I will never get it all done, for my “ideal” is with me. Deadlines and my need for approval, they drive me. They demand performance from me, beyond the limits of my schedule. They anoint my head with migraines, my in-basket overflows. Surely fatigue and time pressure shall follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the bonds of frustration forever.1 "
5 " I drove hard on all cylinders, not realizing that being an entrepreneur means that everything you initiate, by default you must add to your maintenance list. "
6 " We won’t be held accountable for how much we have done, but for how much we have done of what He has asked us to do. "
7 " Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength." CHARLES H. SPURGEON "
8 " Friendships are not made in the blur of life. They are made in the margins. "
9 " Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. (Psalm 51:12) "
10 " Until I began to see my depression as a constant reminder that I needed to stay close to God, it was simply an annoying pain that plagued me daily. My first step toward rehabilitation was to see my depression as a positive challenge that drew me closer to Christ on a daily basis. "
11 " A leader’s role is not to maintain. It is to gain altitude! "
12 " But 5 percent of what I do, only I can do! This the most important 5 percent for me. I can’t delegate these initiatives to anyone else. I can’t hire someone else to take my place in any of these activities because they require that I be there! This 5 percent will determine the validity of the other 95 percent. This is what I had to discover and make as the epicenter of my life. My 5 percent may differ from yours, but the principle is transferrable to everyone—married, single, widowed, old, or young. It is true for those with children, empty nesters, or young couples just starting out in life. "
13 " Only I can give myself permission to rest or to overachieve, to pace myself or to run at the pace others expect of me. "
14 " God is not cruel, but He is not lenient. He is true; He is not safe. He is unchanging; therefore we must change. We must learn in order to succeed. Our failures do not influence our grades, but our unwillingness to learn from them does. I "
15 " But one of the true marks of a veteran is not how he catches a wave, but whether he knows when and how to get off the wave. "
16 " Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” HELEN KELLER "
17 " I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.” MOTHER TERESA "
18 " It is important to become aware that at every moment of our life we have an opportunity to choose joy. . . . It is in the choice that our true freedom lies, and that freedom is, in the final analysis, the freedom to love.” HENRI NOUWEN "
19 " I find that doing the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.” GEORGE MACDONALD "
20 " One of the greatest lessons I’m learning (and yes, I am still learning it) is that rest is not sin. "