Hope is Important

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Monk, Peace Activist, Author, Poet, Teacher & Founder – Plum Village Tradition

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She Soars Like an Eagle

“A kaleidoscope of colors, you can toss her round and round
You can keep her in your vision, but you never keep her down
She’s a lover, she’s a mother, she’s a friend and she’s a wife
And she’s a sparrow when she’s broken
But she’s an eagle when she flies”

~ Dolly Parton,
Singer-Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Record Producer, Actress, Author,
Businesswoman, Humanitarian, Grammy Awards (8X), Grammy Nominee (46X),
Academy Award Nominee (2X), Country Music Association Awards (10X),
Academy of Country Music Awards (7X), American Music Awards (3X), &
Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award

Be Full of the Heavenly

This is an image of the sky which is often referred to as where Heaven is located. The Scripture John 3:16 refers to Christ Jesus, Who is from Heaven and given to Earth’s Humanity as a tremendous blessing.

“When you are full of what comes from Heaven, you can confront the things that come from hell.”

~ Samuel Rodriguez,
Founder & President – National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference,
Evangelist, Pastor, Movie Producer, Civil Rights Activist, Television Personality & Author

Your Vision for Deliverance

“.. Get a vision for your deliverance. You’re not going to wonder in the ‘wilderness’! You’re going to take possession! I believe God is going to download a Heavenly vision to you, today.”

~ Paula White-Cain,
Senior Pastor, Television Host, Author &
Co-Founder – Without Walls International Church (1991)

Provision for Each Wilderness

“… GOD has never made a wilderness for which HE did not equally provide a provision. HE doesn’t make the wilderness and then scratch HIS head and say, “How am I going to provide for this?”. With the temptation GOD also makes a way of escape. With the wilderness GOD also makes a way of provision, and they come like twins. So, whatever kind of wilderness, financial, emotional, marital, it doesn’t matter what it is, there is a provision in your wilderness.”

~ T. D. Jakes, Sr.,
Bishop/Chief Pastor of The Potter’s House,
Author & Filmmaker

It Cannot Stop Heaven

“What Heaven starts, hell cannot stop.

Heaven has a purpose for your life that hell cannot stop.”

~ Samuel Rodriguez,
Founder & President – National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference,
Evangelist, Pastor, Movie Producer, Civil Rights Activist, Television Personality & Author

People Standing at the Crossroads of Life

“I am overwhelmed to receive this Citizen of the Year Award for interacting with people who are standing at a crossroads in their lives and looking for a helping hand. By proactively approaching people in need and offering a helping hand, we have helped more than 200 people start new lives in this area, which has seen numerous suicides over the years.

With this award as encouragement, I plan to grow our network considerably moving forward.”

~ Yukio Shige,
Citizen of the Year (2009), Policeman, Suicide Preventer &
Founder – Kokoro ni Hibiku Bunshu Henshukyoku

Focus on Surviving it First

“Never try to makes sense of it while you’re in it. You have to focus on surviving it, not understanding it.”

~ T. D. Jakes, Sr.,
Bishop/Chief Pastor of The Potter’s House,
Author & Filmmaker

We Aren’t Whatever Tempts Us

“Just because we are tempted does not mean that we are our temptations.”

~ Jackie Hill Perry
Writer, Speaker, Author & Artist

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Tenacity & Fight

“There’s something that comes out of surviving that gives us tenacity and fight.”

~ T. D. Jakes, Sr.,
Bishop/Chief Pastor of The Potter’s House,
Author & Filmmaker

Wholeness for Every Human

“Wholeness is the will of God for every individual.”

~ Marilyn Hickey,
Founder – Marilyn Hickey Ministries International
& Today with Marilyn & Sarah

You’ll Spend Less Time Railing Against Life’s Unfairness

“The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you’ll be, because you’ll spend less time railing against life’s unfairness and feeling aggrieved and entitled, and more time figuring out how to maximize your assets, and your talents and how to deal with things that you’re not very good at.”

~ Condoleezza Rice,
Founder – Center for New Generation (1992), Political Scientist, Diplomat, United States Secretary of State (2005–2009),
United States National Security Advisor (2001–2005), Provost of Stanford University (1993–1999),
Augusta National Golf Club (2012), ESPNW Impact 25 (2014), Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2017) & Author

There’s a Reason Why Caterpillars Never Ride on Butterflies to Get Their Own Wing-Experience

“God didn’t create you to be dependent on others to fulfill your destiny. You are not going to have to ‘ride piggy-back’; your wings are coming.”

~ Joel Osteen,
Pastor – Lakewood Church, Motivational Speaker, Author & Executive Producer

Your Next-Level Blessings

“You’re not ready for the next level until you’re ready for the next ‘devil’. ”

~ Rigel J. Dawson
Author & Minister

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One Step in Pursuit of Your Dream

“The fact that you are still here is proof that whatever tried to beat you lost.”

~ Rigel J. Dawson
Author & Minister

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Storm-Proofing

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

~ Dolly Parton,
Singer-Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Record Producer, Actress, Author,
Businesswoman, Humanitarian, Grammy Awards (8X), Grammy Nominee (46X),
Academy Award Nominee (2X), Country Music Association Awards (10X),
Academy of Country Music Awards (7X), American Music Awards (3X), &
Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award

 

‘We the People’ vs. the ‘Ism’ Regimes

“Regimes collapse when people are no longer afraid and think they’re no longer alone.”

~ Gordon G. Chang,
Columnist, Blogger, Television Pundit, Author, Lawyer & Gatestone Institute Distinguished Senior Fellow

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Hidden Gold Somewhere in All of Us

“Often we are not aware of how close we are to that which we need but we think we do not have. In His grace, God has placed some hidden gold somewhere in all of us that meets our need at a desperate moment.”

~ Ravi Zacharias,
Christian Apologist, Author, Radio Host, Scholar &
Founder & Chairman of the Board – Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

Dreamers & Schemers

“Joseph was a dreamer. His brothers were schemers. Who came out on top? … Schemers will never rule dreamers. Dreamers will always rule schemers.”

~ Leroy Thompson
e Pastor – Word of Life Christian Center, Chief Overseer – Leroy Thompson Ministerial Association & Author

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When Life Throws Rocks

“When life throws you rocks, build an alter.”

~ Samuel Rodriguez,
Founder & President – National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference,
Evangelist, Pastor, Movie Producer, Civil Rights Activist, Television Personality & Author

Your Greatest Pains & Your Greatest Strengths

“In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”

~ Drew Blyth Barrymore,
Actress, Author, Screenwriter,
Film Director, Producer, Model
and United Nations Ambassador

You Can Fail, and That’s OK

“The biggest bit of advice that I’ve ever received,
and something that I’ve seen and experienced, is that,
‘You can fail, and that’s OK – just keep going.
… … It’s that things can fail and absolutely will go wrong –
just keep trying, keep trying, keep trying.’”

~ Tosca Musk
Filmmaker, Executive Producer, Producer, Director & Co-Founder – Passionflix

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Fear & Past Disappointments

“Don’t let fear or past disappointments hold you back.”

~ Kenneth Copeland,
Author (How You Call It Is How It Will Be), Singer, Co-Founder – Kenneth Copeland Ministries
& Co-Founder – Believer’s Voice of Victory

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Contaminated Faith

“Fear tolerated is faith contaminated.”

~ Kenneth Copeland,
Author, Singer, Co-Founder – Kenneth Copeland Ministries
& Co-Founder – Believer’s Voice of Victory

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Are We Living in Faith or Living in Fear?

“You can’t walk in faith and fear at the same time.”

~ Kenneth Copeland,
Author, Singer, Co-Founder – Kenneth Copeland Ministries
& Co-Founder – Believer’s Voice of Victory

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