Charles R. Swindoll

I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today's time. I wouldn't go back if I could. ”

I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it! ”

I'm not against screens, or new songs, or innovation. I just don't like the gimmicks. I want to know when worship is over that that leader's sole purpose was to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. ”

Sometimes I wake up before dawn, and I love sitting up in the middle of the bed with all the lights off, pitch-black dark, and talking to the Father, with no interruptions and nothing that reminds me that there's anything in life but me and Him. ”

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it. ”

One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die! ”

I believe firmly in God's control in life. ”

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real. ”

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. ”

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. ”