Quotes

“Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.” Charles Stanley

“When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow.” Charles Stanley

“God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement.” Charles Stanley

“If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives.” Charles Stanley

“The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.” Charles Stanley

“When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.” Charles Stanley

“The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences.” Charles Stanley

“Take steps each day to be sure your life expresses commitment to Jesus.” Charles Stanley

“I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.” Charles Stanley

“One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.” Charles Stanley

“You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher.” Charles Stanley

“A man can preach no better than he prays.” Charles Stanley

“His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.” Charles Stanley

“You have to have courage to be obedient to God.” Charles Stanley

“American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Charles Stanley

“Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.” Charles Stanley

“Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.” Charles Stanley

“I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.” Charles Stanley

“People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.” Charles Stanley

“Think about the comfortable feeling you have as you open your front door. That's but a hint of what we'll feel some day on arriving at the place our Father has lovingly and personally prepared for us in heaven. We will finally - and permanently - be 'at home' in a way that defies description.” Charles Stanley

“Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.” Charles Stanley

“We're enlarging in every single area of the ministry at In Touch. We're on radio and television. We're in over 110 million homes in America plus radio on satellites. We just acquired the NAMB FamilyNet television network, and with that expanding possibilities of the gospel.” Charles Stanley

“We're living in a fearful time. Since 9/11 people have become more afraid than before, because of terrorism. There's a lot of confusion about evil, where it's all coming from.” Charles Stanley

“Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say.” Charles Stanley

“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” John Steinbeck

“It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.” John Steinbeck

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” John Steinbeck

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” John Steinbeck

“A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.” John Steinbeck

“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” John Steinbeck