Robert H. Schuller Quotes
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I have had more honors than I've deserved and more rewards than I expected. It can be tempting just to say, 'Well, I'm going to retire.' But what would I do then? Sit in a chair and watch TV? Don't let fulfillment throw away your tomorrow.
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You can think negatively or positively. If you are a positive thinker, you will base your decisions on faith rather than fear.
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If you will make a deliberate decision to develop a positive attitude toward opportunities and obstacles, you are on your way toward having what is the most important quality in education: the power of positive thinking.
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I have a reputation worldwide of being tolerant of all people and their views. I'm too well-educated to criticize a certain religion or group of people for what they believe in. It's called freedom.
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Anytime you get an idea, you need people to help you put it together. That is the beginning of an institution. When you create an institution, levels of authority and boundaries need to be established. If everybody owns it, nobody owns it. If everybody is responsible for it, nobody will be responsible.
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What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
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I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.
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Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.
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Jesus never called a human being a sinner.
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Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion.
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Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.
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Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.
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Pessimism drops the curtain on tomorrow.
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Tough times never last, but tough people do.
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You won't win if you don't begin.
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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
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Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."
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I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!
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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
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Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
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Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
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When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.
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The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision for today.
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The only thing that stands between you and grand success in living are these two things: getting started and never quitting!